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HISTORY OF THE 

WAR ACTIVITIES 

OF SCOTT COUNTY 
IOWA 



1917-1918 




PUBLISHED BY 

FT COUNTY^CGl 

NATIONAL DEFENSE 



THE SCOTT COUNTY^ COUNCIL OF 



EDITED BY RALPH W. CRAM 



PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 

A. A. BALLUFF W. J. McCULLOUGH 

ISAAC PETERSBERGER 



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Printed by Fidlar & Chambers 
Davenport, Iowa 



L.IB«A«Y OF CONGRESS 

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DEDICATED 

BY THE WAR WORKERS OF SCOTT COUNTY 

TO THOSE WHO BORE ARMS IN THEIR STEAD, AND TO THOSE 

WHO. IN CAMP AND CANTONMENT, ON THE HIGH SEAS 

AND ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF THE GREAT WAR 

MADE THE GREAT SACRIFICE THAT 

THE FREEDOM OF THE WORLD 

MIGHT BE PRESERVED 



INDEX 



Page 

State Council National Defense 6 

Foreword 7 

Scott County Council National Defense 9 

Women's Committee 15 

Constitution and By-laws 16 

Subscribers 19 

Medical Advisory Board 25 

Batteries B and D 26 

Registration Board, City of Davenport 29 

Local Exemption Board, Division No. 1 •. 30 

Aid for French Orphans 34 

Local Exemption Board, Division No. 2 35 

Local Exemption Board, Scott County 37 

Recruiting for the Army : 39 

Recruiting for the Navy 40 

The American Red Cross 41 

Home Service Section 45 

The Liberty Loans • 48 

Rock Island Arsenal's Loan Campaigns 57 

The Banks and the Loans 58 

The Liberty Loan Court 60 

Workers in Various Fields 62 

War Savings Stamps 63 

United War Work Campaign 64 

Loyal German-Americans 65 

The Four-Minute Men 66 

The Home Guard 69 

The Liberty Chorus 70 

The Rotary Club 71 

The D. A. R 72 

The Public Schools 73 

The Ad Club 75 

The Y. M. C. A 76 

The Knights of Columbus 78 

The Lend-a-Hand Club 80 

The Y. W. C. A 82 

War Camp Community Service 84 

The Boy Scouts 86 

The Davenport Woman's Club 89 

Friendly House 91 

The Catholic Women's League 92 

The Scott County Farm Bureau 94 

Home Demonstrations, Food Saving, Etc 99 

War Mothers of America 101 

The Parent-Teacher Clubs 102 

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INDEX 5 

Page 

District Activities Centered Here 103 

Homes Registration 104 

The Fuel Commission 106 

Return of the Rainbows 107 

The Public Library 108 

The Lawyers 110 

The Physicians and Surgeons 115 

The Nurses 119 

The Dentists 121 

Greater Davenport Committee and Commercial Club 122 

The Press 125 

Housing 127 

Rock Island Arsenal 130 

The Fourth of July, 1918 137 

The Celebration of the Armistice 138 

The American Protective League 139 

Community Welcome Home Celebration 140 

Food Administration 142 

Honor Roll 143 



State Council National Defense 



W. L. Harding, Governor. 

OFFICERS 

Lafayette Young, Sr., Chairman, Des Moines. 
G. Watson French, Vice-Chairman, Davenport. 
Charles Webster, Treasurer, Waucoma. 
H. J. Metcalf, Secretary, Des Moines. 



R. G. Stewart, Cedar Rapids. 
Dr. 0. J. Fay, Des Moines. 
John T. Adams, Dubuque. 
J. J. Doty, Shenandoah. 
J. F. Deems, Burlington. 
W. G. Dows, Cedar Rapids. 
C. C. Deering, Des Moines. 
Frank Everest, Council Bluffs, 
G. Watson French, Davenport 
J. B. Hungerford, Carroll. 
Paul Junkin, Creston. 



MEMBERS 

J. L. Kennedy, Sioux City. 
Fred Larrabee, Ft. Dodge. 
John H. Morrell, Ottumwa. 
W. W. Marsh, Waterloo. 
F. A. O'Conner, New Hampton. 
T. A. Potter, Mason City. 
David Palmer, Washington, 
M. J. Wade, Iowa City. 
Charles Webster, Waucoma. 
Lafayette Young, Sr., Des Moines. 



Lafayette Young, Sr. 
Frank Everest. 

G. W. French. 
John H. Morrell. 

W. W. Marsh. 
J. F. Deems. 

Paul Junkin. 
C. C. Deering. 

Frank Everest. 
M. J. Wade. 

W. G. Dows. 



F. A. O'Conner. 



COMMITTEES 

Executive Committee 
G. W. French. 
W. W. Marsh. 

Industrial Purvey 
W. W. Marsh. 
J. B. Hungerford. 

Agriculture and Food 
J. J. Doty. 
John H. Morrell. 
Health and Environment 
David J. Palmer. Frederic Larrabee. 

John T. Adams. 
Co-ordination of Societies 



W. G. Dows. 



C. C. Deering. 
John T. Adams. 

G. W. French. 



Charles Webster. 
F. A. O'Conner. 

Military Affairs 
David J. Palmer. 
Frederic Larrabee. 
Survey and. Man Power 



J. J. Doty. 



T. A. Potter. 



G. W. French. 



W. W. Marsh. 

Lahor Committee 
T. A. Potter. J. F. Deems. Paul S. Junkin. 

Law and Legislation 
J. L. Kennedy. Frederic Larrabee. F. A. O'Conner. 

Publicity and Information 
Lafayette Young, Sr. M. J. Wade." J.L.Kennedy. 

Auditing Committee 
John Morrell. Charles Webster. J. J. Doty. 

Medicine and. Surgery 
Dr. O. J. Fay. 

Woman's Committee 
Mrs. W. L. Harding, Hon. Chairman. Mrs. Francis E. Whitley, Chairman. 
Mrs. F. M. Pelletier. Miss Anna B. Lawther. 

Mrs. James Devitt. Miss KatherineFullerton. 

Governor Harding, member of all committees. 



FOREWORD 



In authorizing the publication of this volume, the first thought of 
the Scott County Council of Defense was to publish a report of its own 
activities and the manner in which the funds placed in its hands had 
been spent, as an accounting due to the subscribers to the generous funds 
that had been placed at its disposal for war work. 

The war had closed unexpectedly, and the Council had considerable 
funds in hand. The suggestion of such a report led to a decision to 
enlarge its scope and to include within the same covers reports from all 
the organizations, so far as they could be obtained, that had had an 
active part in the war work. Could such a record be assembled, it was 
felt that it would give, directly from the sources that had contributed 
to our share in the winning of the war, a real history of the war activ- 
ities of Scott county. 

Of necessity, this is mainly the story of those who stayed at home 
and upheld the hands of those who went forth to war. How gallantly 
these latter went forth is told in the report for the Exemption Boards 
and the recruiting agencies^ — but they went to all the corners of the 
country, and to all the countries in which was waged the great struggle 
for human liberties — from the Marne and Chateau Thierry to Archangel 
and far-off Siberia. Their number was so large that the service of some 
is still uncompleted. So their story in its fullness must be told some- 
where else and at some other time, and they should have a more ade- 
quate historian. 

Of their number there were many who will not come back. They 
sleep in corners of that foreign soil which, because of them, "shall be 
forever America." The roll of honor on which their names appear is 
printed herewith, to such length as it has grown to at this time. Like 
the record of the living soldiers, it will not be complete until the last 
soldier has doffed his country's uniform and resumed the habiliments 
of peace. 

In appraising the manner in which Scott county acquitted itself of 
its war task, it should be borne in mind that the community consisted 
of some 75,000 people, divided approximately into 58,000 in the city of 
Davenport, and 17,000 in the surrounding towns and rural districts, 
(The actual figures of the 1915 census were: Davenport, 48,942; Scott 
county, 65,645 — and the city's naturally steady growth had been ac- 
celerated by the influx of war workers into the community, of which 
the most tangible evidence was the increase of civilian employes at 
Rock Island Arsenal from 3,000 at the beginning of the war to nearly 
15,000 at its close.) 

In Davenport we had, at the opening of the war, a healthy civic 
spirit that was the outgrowth of several years of development of the 
sense of community interest. Through a Farm Improvement League 
and other links between city and country, this spirit had begun to 
spread to the county's borders, and this sense of union between city 



8 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

and country was completed and cemented by the work in which the war 
soon united all classes. In the reports that follow, therefore, it will be 
seen that the county was soon working as a unit in the support of the 
government, and the organization that soon was perfected still exists, 
with a prospect that the ties that have been found so pleasant and profit- 
able in supporting war-time measures will be perpetuated for the pro- 
motion of the county's interests during the years of peace that are at 
hand. 

With this brief introductory word, we shall let representative war 
workers tell the story of the county's war activities. The reports will 
show that Scott county was nowhere content with doing simply its 
share in helping win the war. 

Nearly 4,500 men from Scott county enrolled themselves in the 
army and navy. June 1, 1919, the card index of their names in the 
County Auditor's ofRce showed 4,443 names, of whom 131 had been 
killed in action or died in service. 

Our local exemption boards estimated that a comparison of the 
county's population with that of the United States shows that it did 
twenty per cent more than its share in furnishing soldiers and sailors 
for the army and navy. 

The Red Cross report of over $150,000 raised and disbursed through 
the local chapter shows the devotion and enthusiasm put into the work 
of mercy here. 

Our Liberty Loan organization was a model for other cities and 
counties and was the subject of interested inquiry from Washington. 
Its sale of bonds to 29,809 subscribers in a population only a little over 
twice that number, in the fourth Liberty Loan, is but one figure out of 
many remarkable ones given on later pages in this book. 

The Council of Defense's Committee on Publication wishes to ac- 
knowledge the prompt and gratifying response that came to its request 
for the reports that make up this volume. It believes that while the 
war work is fresh in the mind of those who had part in it, it is well to 
make the activities here related a matter of record. The war is still 
almost in the realm of current events. It is too early to write history. 
But from the facts here set down perhaps some future historian may be 
helped to write the history of Iowa's part in the great war — a part to 
which Scott county made no mean contribution. 



i^5coTT County CouNc 




RATIONAL Defense: 




Scott County Council National Defense 



By Aug. A. Balluff, Treasurer 



The various County Councils of Defense are bodies under the juris- 
diction of the Governor and State Council of Defense, organized for the 
purpose of aiding the government in the conduct of the war. 

The Council for Scott county may well be said to have had its be- 
ginning about the middle of May, 1917, when Governor W. L. Harding 
appointed Dick R. Lane and August A. Balluff as members at large 
for Scott county. These gentlemen shortly thereafter recommended to 
the Governor one member from each voting precinct, who were com- 
missioned to constitute the County Council. 

Pending the organization of the State Council no action was taken to 
further develop the local organization. 

The latter part of June, 1917, the organization of the State Council 
was perfected, and thereupon Messrs. Lane and Balluff called a meeting 
of the County Council for July 18, 1917. This meeting was well attended 
and perfected a county organization by the election of the following 
officers : 

Chairman — Sam T. White. 

Secretary — Howard W. Power. 

Treasurer — August A. Balluff. 

This meeting also appointed Sam T. White, Robert T. Armil, and F. 
E. Ringey delegates to a meeting of County Councils, held at Des 
Moines, July 20, 1917. 

At a meeting held shortly after the conference at Des Moines it be- 
came apparent that many of the persons recommended as precinct 
members did not take the interest in the cause that was required, and 
therefore the chairman was directed to procure the cancellation of the 
appointment of such as could not or would not serve and to select others 
to fill the positions. 

The County Chairman for some time received the reports of mem- 
bers and performed the many duties directed by the State Council. 

During the summer of 1917 the Governor organized the secret ser- 
vice of the state, and appointed numerous members of county councils 
members thereof (without pay), under which appointment they were 
authorized to exercise the police powers of the state with authority 
equal to that of the sheriff. 

At a meeting held at the City Hall a committee of five to investigate 
war entertainments was appointed, consisting of Aug. A. Balluff, Louis 
G. Lasher, Harry J. McFarland, Dan B. Home, and W. J. McCullough. 

During the fall of 1917 the chairman had perfected the county organ- 
ization, so that about December 1st of that year each voting precinct 
had a representation of three members of the County Council willing 
to carry on the work. 



10 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

Until March, 1918, the principal work of the Council was conducted 
by the chairman at his own office and at his own expense for clerical 
help. 

The duties of the Council and its chairman had become so numerous 
and exacting that it was found impossible to conduct its affairs without 
permanent headquarters in the heart of the city, and therefore about 
March 1, 1918, rooms 508-510 Putnam Building, were secured and be- 
came the permanent home of the Council; the quarters later being 
enlarged as the work expanded. 

The expenses of the Council had so increased that commencing with 
March 1, 1918, a system of pledges (payable quarterly) was inaugurated 
for its support. 

March 15, 1918, a public meeting of the Council of Defense and citi- 
zens generally was called and held at the Grand Opera House, under 
the chairmanship of Hon. Nathaniel French, at which meeting an 
Executive Committee was appointed as follows: Dan B. Home, chair- 
man; W. J. McCullough, secretary; A. A. Balluff, treasurer; Sam T. 
White, Col. Geo. W. French, Isaac Petersberger, Louis G. Lasher, Harry 
W. Phillips, Ray Nyemaster, Harry J. McFarland, Herman Oetzmann, 
and Chris. Heuck. 

This was the first great war mass meeting held in the city and it 
had important results in the creation of a unified support of all war 
measures. 

The aims and purposes of the Council were set forth in a statement 
by County Chairman White at that meeting as including education, 
organization, the suppression of sedition and treason, investigating re- 
ports of violations of any of the war laws or orders, as well as the sup- 
pression of all unjustifiable persecutions. It was, he added, the clear- 
ing house of all war activities. It gave its assistance to all other war 
activities, would ferret out slackers, expose fakes, be the information 
bureau and card index, and in short, the servant of the people without 
pay, protecting their interests and seeing that every dollar contributed 
to war work was used for that purpose. 

Committees announced at this time put various duties in the hands 
of the following members of the Executive Committee: 

Entrainment— Harry W. Phillips, W. J. McCullough, Isaac Peters- 
berger. 

Arrangements for Public Meetings — Ray Nyemaster, Sam T. White, 
Herman Oetzmann. 

Farm Labor — Chris. Heuck, Herman Oetzmann. 

Housing — Sam T. White, Dan B. Home. 

Finance and Subscriptions^ — Ray Nyemaster, Herman Oetzmann. 

May 7, 1918, Louis G. Lasher resigned, having been appointed 
Adjutant-General of the State of Iowa, and Louis G. Bein was elected to 
fill the vacancy and was placed on the Finance and Subscriptions Com- 
mittee with Messrs. Nyemaster and Oetzmann. 

July 8, 1918, Chairman White resigned after more than one year's 
work, and July 23, 1918, A. J. Faerber was elected his successor. Hon. 
Chris. Marti was elected a member of the board. 



SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA 11 

In August, 1918, the State Council of Defense took steps to re- 
organize the various local councils on one harmonious plan. This plan 
is what is known as the "Pottawattamie County plan" and provides for 
the appointment of one chairman for each voting precinct who shall 
appoint four co-workers and these five shall appoint ten additional mem- 
bers who shall constitute the local or community council board. 

About 125 men from all parts of the county attended the meeting at 
the City Hall, at which Col. George W. French, member of the State 
Council and also District Chairman, explained the details of the Potta- 
wattamie county plan. At this meeting there were elected as the 
Bureau of Military Affairs, to succeed the former Executive Committee, 
Dan B. Home, Louis Beln, Chris. Heuck,' Herman Oetzmann, Harry W. 
Phillips, Isaac Petersberger, Harry J. McF'arland, Ray Nyemaster, Chris. 
Marti, and A. A. Balluff. 

Following adjournment of the general meeting, the Bureau of Mili- 
tary Affairs met and elected the following officers: 

Chairman — Dan B. Home. 

County Chairman — Al. J. Faerber. 

Secretary — W. J. McCullough. 

Treasurer — Aug. A. Balluff. 

At the first meeting of the bureau thereafter, A. A. Balluff resigned 
as a member of the bureau, having been elected treasurer, and A. F. 
Dawson was chosen to succeed him. 

During August and September, 1918, Chairman Home completed the 
work of appointing the chairman and co-workers in the various pre- 
cincts of the county, and reported the following as such membership, 
which was approved: 



City of Davenport 



FIRST WARD 

First Precinct — Chairman, 0. D. Doran; W. H. Lavery, R. J. Foley, 
P. L. McGrath, Harry Thode. 

Second Precinct — Chairman, Frank A. Hass; J. Fred Sunderbruch, 
Henry Herzberg, Fred L. Tuck, John Tewes. 

Third Precinct — Chairman, J. J. Brus; W. H. Stark, R. Bojens, Fred 
Zoller, John H. Schultz. 

SECOND WARD 

First Precinct — Chairman, Harry W. Phillips; Wm. Hetzel, Harry E. 
Downer, Charles Frick, John Neufeldt. 

Second Precinct — Chairman, W. H. Claussen; L. R. Dessaint, Carl 
Dahms, John M. Racster, W. F. Moravek. 

Third Precinct — Chairman, M. J. Malloy; Charles Tank, J. J. Flan- 
nigan, P. N. Jacobsen, T. J. O'Brien. 

THIRD WARD 

First Precinct — Chairman, Gustav Stueben; Geo. Albrecht, John P. 
Mass, A. Bruha, John Brockmann. 

Second Precinct — Chairman, W. J. Martin; M. J. Howe, H. G. Braun- 
lich, Ed. Berger, J. E. Krouse. 

Third Precinct — Chairman, H. P. Oetzmann; Robt. T. Armil, W. L. 
Gardner, Geo. C. Crites, Ed. Kauffman. 



12 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

FOURTH WARD 

First Precinct— Chairman, Alfred C. Mueller; 0. C. Hill, Sol. Moritz, 
Adolph Kahles, Henry A. Kuehl. 

Second Precinct — Chairman, Dan B. Home; W. J. McCullough, Dr. 
A. L. Hageboeck, Louis Naeckel, Louis Bein. 

Third Precinct — Chairman, C. H. Heuck; Geo. W. Scott, Wm. Hutton, 
P. W. McManus, Fred Schaeffer. 

FIFTH WARD 

First Precinct — Chairman, P. M. Gilloley; Albert T. Carroll, E. C. 
Merrill, John Stapleton, Fred Muttera. 

Second Precinct — Chairman, H. J. McFarland; Col. G. W. French, 
Louis Lagomarcino, Louis Block, Thos. P. Kennedy. 

Third Precinct — Chairman, H. F. Camp; J. A. Hanley, J. W. Bol- 
linger, E. J. Carroll, F. M. Gcddard. 

SIXTH WARD 

First Precinct — Chairman, C. G. Hip well; Dick R. Lane, Dr. W. F. 
Skelly, C. H. Martyn, T. J. Walsh. 

Second Precinct — Chairman, Ray Nyemaster; Louis H. Kuehl, A. F. 
Dawson, H. W. Power, Byron Rumsey. 

Third Precinct — Chairman, Isaac Petersberger; G. W. Noth, J. B. 
Phillips, M. L. Parker, G. S. Johnson. 

BETTEXDORF 

Chairman, W. 0. Calvert; B. J. Messer, C. J. Kuehl, R. L. Lemmon, 
Albert Sherwood. 



The Townships 



Allen's Grove — Chairman, Dr. L. F. Sullivan; Clarence Drummond, 
Geo. G. Holcomb, F. A. E. Gilmcre, F. C. Keppy. 

Blue Grass, Precinct No. 1 — Chairman, C. F. Emler; E. C. Boecken, 
W. A. Fromme, Christ. Kettelsen, Norman Leabo, B. H. Goering, Chas. 
Brus. Precinct No. 2 — Chairman, T. J. Brus; J. H. Buchmeyer, Harry 
Moorhead, John Plett, Warden Logan. 

Buffalo- — Chairman, Steve Wells; Sam Burtis, J. H. Dorman, John 
Prignitz, Joe Roberts. 

Butler — Chairman, F. E. Ringey; Geo. Randolph, John Helble, Henry 
Klever, L. Lischer, Jr. 

Cleona — Chairman, Herman Martins. 

Davenport, Precinct No. 1 — Chairman, L. H. Ellsworth; Frank 
Schaefer, W. T. Kepler, Chas. Woodford, Roger Van Evera. Precinct 
No. 2 — Chairman, John A. Feeney; Henry Hass, T. J. Murphy, John C. 
Tangen, Henry Puck. 

Hickory Grove — Chairman, M. J. Ruefer, Harry Quinn, Henry 
Moeller, Chas. Paustian, Ed. Dietz. 

Le Claire — Chairman, C. C. Johnson; Sam Bammer, Geo. Birchard, 
J. D. Barnes, Rev. Irwin. 

Liberty, East Part — Chairman, P. J. Thede; Horace Carter, Christian 
Paulsen, G. C. Hcrstman, David Grace. West Part — Chairman, Dr. 
Henry Hell; Spencer Ayres. 

Lincoln — Chairman, W. M. Dougherty; A. P. Arp, L. A. Schneckloth, 
B. S. Bonnell, Fred Baustian. 

Pleasant Valley — Chairman, Peter J. Johannsen; W. Hanne, Fred 
Schumacker, H. R. demons, James Wilson. 

Princeton — Chairman, M. L. Hire; J. S. Barber, P. H. McGinnis, S. 
R. Fulton, C. Englehart. 

Rockingham — Chairman, F. H. Dittmer; J. L. Smithiger, Fritz Mein- 
burg, R. F. Schreck, J. F. Gerdes. 



SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA 13 

Sheridan — Chairman, M. H. Calderwood; W. H. Kiiehl, Otto Wiiest- 
enberg, J. P. McDowell, Henry Voss. 

Winfield — Chairman, Chris. Marti; Hugh M. Ficke, F. P. Murphy, J. 
S. Marti, Thos. DeCock. 

Again it became apparent that the funds pledged to carry out the 
work of the Council would not suffice for that purpose and the commit- 
tee was enlarged as follows: Ray Nyemaster, Herman Oetzmann, 
Louis Bein, Joseph Deutsch, and Harry K. Spencer. This Finance Com- 
mittee completed a re-rating of the citizens of Scott county who re- 
sponded heartily and provided funds equal to the demands. 

An Auditing Committee which checked all the income and expendi- 
tures of the Council was appointed, consisting of Chris. Heuck, Otto 
Hill, Otto Eckhardt, Ed. Dougherty, J. J. Brus, and Richard Mittel- 
buscher. 

War Activities Supported 

The funds so generously pledged to the Council were expended for 
various purposes in aid of the war as follows: 

Holding of patriotic meetings, escort to our departing soldiers, ex- 
penses of fuel administration, food administration, wood administration, 
housing administration, liberty loan campaigTis, war savings campaigns, 
four minute organization, American Protective League. General office 
expenses, such as rent, light, heat, etc. Expenses of exemption boards 
not allowed by the government, stenographic help, entertainment of 
returning soldiers, and many other items too numerous to mention. 

Expense of the celebration of the signing of the armistice, which 
was in charge of the Council, was paid from the Council's fund, as was 
the expense of the great homecoming banquet and reception with which 
the soldiers of the county were welcomed home. Plans for this recep- 
tion were in charge of a committer headed by Harry J. McFarland, who 
tells of it elsewhere in this volume. 

An Official Audit 

An audit of the books of the Council made to March 1, 1919, shows 
the use that has been made of the funds collected: 

To the Bureau of Military Affairs Scott County Council of Defense, 

Davenport, Iowa: 

I have audited the books and accounts of the Scott County Council 
of Defense for the period March 1, 1918, to March 1, 1919. 

All funds as recorded have been properly accounted for and dis- 
bursements are supported by vouchers (canceled checks properly en- 
dorsed). 

Statement of cash receipts and cash disbursements: 



14 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

General expense $ 2,808.81 

Pay-roll 4,849.80 

Postage 641.66 

Stationery and printing 2,355.72 

Advertising 4,754.91 

Office supplies 398.50 

Telephone and telegraph 409.65 

Auto traveling 464.57 

Office rent 1,106.15 

Entertainment committee 1,356.60 

Soldiers home coming 1,518.64 

Peace celebration 945.84 

Office furniture 526.87 

Total disbursements $22,137.72 

Total receipts 22,772.85 

Balance on hand in bank, verified $ 635.13 

Respectfully submitted, 

C. A. Mast, Certified Public Accountant. 
Davenport, Iowa, March 14, 1919. 

Subsequent to this audit, additional subscriptions were collected, so 
that the Council was able to provide for the publication of this volume, 
to set aside $650 toward the expense of the Victory Loan campaign, and 
to conduct for some weeks a bureau for the employment of returned 
soldiers. 

Advance payments on subscriptions covering future work of the 
Council, made unnecessary by the cessation of hostilities, were returned 
to subscribers to the amount of $3,200. 

To attempt to enumerate the hundreds of cases of alleged sedition, 
obstruction, negligence, etc., that were considered and acted upon could 
serve no good purpose at this date. 

The purpose of the Council at all times was to assist the government 
in all its war activities and to help to distribute this burden equally 
upon our citizens in proportion to their ability to bear the same. 

Scott county has made an enviable record in every campaign for 
funds in aid of the winning of the war and in this the membership of 
the Council of Defense has assisted to the best of its ability. 

A County Service Record 

The Council engaged in the preparation of a card system for the 
purpose of showing the complete record in military service of every 
Scott county soldier and sailor. This material has been turned over to 
the County Auditor, Joseph Wagner, who will complete and revise it 
and make it a permanent county record. 

The Executive Committee and officers who have been obliged to 
stand in the "lime light" wish to return their thanks to the local mem- 
bers of the voting precincts for their hearty co-operation, and also to 
the citizens of the county as a whole for the loyal whole-hearted sup- 
port they have received from them in the carrying out of their work. 



Women's Committee Council 
National Defense 



By Mrs. D. N. Burrows, Chairman 



The organization of a Women's Committee of the Council of National 
Defense having been requested late in May, 1917, at a meeting in June 
the following officers were appointed: 

Chairman — Mrs. D. N. Burrows. 

Vice-Chairman — Miss Grace Seaman. 

Secretary — Miss Grace Van Evera. 

Miss Van Evera resigned and went to France as a nurse, and Miss 
Verna Baker was appointed in her place. 

An advisory committee was also named, consisting of Mrs. J. J. 
Dorgan, Mrs. J. W. Wilson, Mrs. J. W. McKee, Miss Alice French, and 
Mrs. C. M. Littleton. 

At a called meeting of the Davenport unit Mrs. E. E. Sutphin was 
elected city chairman; Mrs. Louis Silberstein, vice-chairman, and Miss 
Helena Ahrens, secretary. Mrs. J. L. Hecht became chairman when 
Mrs. Sutphin resigned in 1918. A finance committee consisted of Miss 
Alice French, Mrs. J. J. Dorgan, Mrs. L. Simon. 

When J. F. Deems, the State Food Administrator, appointed Mrs. D. 
N. Burrows as County Food Conservation chairman, the women of the 
Council of Defense organizations throughout the county were ap- 
pointed to local charge of this work, and about forty meetings were 
held in the interest of food conservation. Over 6,000 food pledge cards 
were signed and sent to Mr. Deems. In the fall of 1917 14,000 kitchen 
cards and 28,000 pamphlets of receipts were mailed. Public meetings 
were also held in Davenport in furtherance of the same object. 

Mrs. W. W. Marsh, of Waterloo, also appealed to the Scott county 
women to do organized work for the Liberty Loans, and the women's 
committee assisted in all the loan campaigns. Speakers and singers 
were furnished for loan meetings, and the women aided in distributing 
literature and posters, besides taking many subscriptions for bonds. 
Similar aid was given the War Savings Stamp campaign, interest being 
stimulated by an offer of prizes for the most beautiful booth erected for 
the sale of stamps. 

Another important work that the women performed at the request 
of the government during this period was the weighing and measuring 
of over 4,000 children under five years of age. Doctors and nurses 
aided generously in this public welfare work, and deserve the highest 
appreciation of their untiring service. 



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16 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

Revised Constitution and By-Laws of the Scott 
County Council National Defense 



PREAMBLE 

The basic principle of this organization is to divide equally the cost 
and responsibility of this war, requiring every man to pay or serve, not 
according to his willingness to do so, but according to his ability. 

To this end every member and officer of this organization must be 
unbiased, forgetting all prejudices and denying all friendships as far 
as allowing either to affect his work or judgment in this organization. 

OBJECTS 

The objects of the Scott County Council of National Defense shall be: 

To assist all authorized federal and state organizations in the en- 
forcement of war laws, rules, and regulations. 

To render all necessary assistance, financially and otherwise, in the 
Liberty Loan, War Savings Stamps, Red Cross, Knights of Columbus, Y. 
M. C. A., Jewish Welfare Board, Y. W. C. A., Salvation Army, Community 
Service, and other governmental campaigns for funds to finance war 
activities as well as activities inaugurated to carry the war to a speedy 
and successful conclusion. 

To investigate the reports of seditious statements and treasonable 
acts committed. 

To see that there is no unjust prosecution; in short, to use its efforts 
to punish the guilty and protect the innocent. 

ARTICLE I 

OKGAXIZATION 

Section 1. Constituent membership of the County Council of 
National Defense shall be the several chairmen from the various voting 
precincts of the city of Davenport and in the several townships outside 
the city of Davenport, all in Scott county, Iowa. 

Sec. 2. The chairman of the Council for each township or precinct 
shall be selected by the Bureau of Military Affairs and shall be the 
president of the township or precinct branch of the executive com- 
mittee. The so elected chairman is then to select four additional mem- 
bers. These five shall then associate themselves with such additional 
persons as they may determine but not to exceed ten. The original or 
charter members, so selected and associated together shall constitute 
the executive committee of the township or precinct, which shall be 
permanent and self-perpetuating. The executive committee shall select 
from their number a vice-president, secretary, and treasurer, and the 
duties of such executive committee and officers shall be such as usually 
pertain to such offices. Vacancies in the executive committee shall be 
filled from the other members of the township or precinct branch by a 
two-thirds vote of the executive committee. 

Sec. 3. The officers of the executive committee shall also be the 
officers of the township or precinct council, which shall adopted articles 
of association in the following form: 

We, the undersigned residents of .township, county, 

Iowa, do hereby organize the Township Branch of the Scott 

County Council of National Defense and do hereby adopt the following: 



SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA 17 

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION 

ARTICLE I 

The name of this association shall be the Township Branch 

of the Council of National Defense of Scott County, Iowa. 

ARTICLE II 

Sectiox 1. The object of this association is to aid our government 
in carrying on the war and promoting loyal and patriotic responses to 
all plans of government, promulgated by the constituted authority, in 
aid of its war policies, and to that end we pledge our loyal devotion. 

Sec. 2. The Bureau of Military Affairs at its first meeting shall 
elect its own chairman and secretary and shall act as the governing 
body for the entire county, and shall be also authorized to appoint such 
standing and special committees as may be usual and as may be neces- 
sary to carry out the objects and purpose of this organization. In no 
case, however, shall the Bureau of Military Affairs take from the 
shoulders of the township or precinct organizations any of the responsi- 
bility for the work in the said township or precinct. 

Sec. 3. The chairman of the Bureau of Military Affairs shall pre- 
side at all meetings, except when said bureau sits as a court, hearing 
cases of slackers or disloyalty, in which hearings the county chairman 
of the Scott County Council of National Defense shall preside and shall 
have the deciding vote in case of a tie. 

Sec. 4. No member of the Bureau of Military Affairs, or any of its 
officers shall receive any compensation for their services. The bureau 
may, however, fix the compensation to be received by any employes, 
none of whom, however, shall be members of the bureau. 

Sec. 5. All vacancies in the Bureau of Military Affairs, or any of its 
officers, shall be filled by said bureau until the regular meeting of the 
County Council. 

Sec. 6. The bureau must handle all cases of slackers or disloyalty 
reported to it by the various townships or precincts, or which in any 
way may be called to its attention. 

ARTICLE III 

FINANCES 

Section 1. All expenses of the County Council shall be met by 
public subscriptions in such a manner as the Bureau of Military Affairs 
shall determine. 

Sec. 2. The treasurer shall keep a detailed account of all receipts 
and disbursements and a suitable card index of the subscribers to the 
maintenance funds, and shall pay only such bills as are approved in the 
manner directed by the Bureau of Military Affairs. 

Sec. 3. The meeting of each township or precinct organization shall 
be held at such time as may be determined by such organizations. At 
each meeting the roll shall be called of all those expected at that meet- 
ing, and absence of any member shall be noted by the secretary, who 
shall keep all records, including a card index of every man in the pre- 
cinct or township, which shall also show his financial worth and his 
record on war activities. 

Sec. 4. As soon as said precinct or township organization has been 
formed there shall be a systematic distribution of pledge cards, the sign- 
ing of which is the only requirement for admission to membership. 
These cards should be presented to every resident of the township or 
precinct twenty-one years or over, and the failure or refusal to sign 
shall be considered ample cause for reporting the person who makes 
such refusal. 



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Sec. 5. A member may be expelled by three-fourths vote of the mem- 
bers present at a regular meeting; provided, that such member shall be 
entitled to be advised of the charge against him and to be heard in his 
defense. 

Sec. 6. No fixed dues shall be charged nor shall any expense be in- 
curred without the approval of the Bureau of Military Affairs. Ex- 
penses shall be met by the voluntary contributions. Meetings of the 
County Council may be held at such times and places as the Bureau of 
Military Affairs shall fix, and it shall be the duty of all township and 
precinct chairmen to attend such meetings when reasonably possible. 

AMENDMENTS 

Section 1. This constitution and by-laws can be amended at any 
regular meeting or any special meeting of the County Council upon a 
two-thirds vote of all those present and authorized to vote. 

Sec. 2. In matters affecting the organic law of this organization, 
such as amendments and all questions or policies, there shall be no 
voting by proxy. 

ARTICLE III 

This association shall continue throughout the period of the war and 

for six months thereafter. Any loyal citizen of township shall 

be privileged to become a member of this association by signing a 
pledge card, prepared in the following language and receiving the ap- 
proval of the majority of the members of the organization: 

PLEDGE CARDS 

I hereby associate myself as a member of the Township 

Branch of the Council of National Defense of Scott County, Iowa, 
hereby pledging myself, to the best of my ability, to devote myself to the 
best interests of my country throughout the period of the war and for six 
months thereafter, and to patriotically aid my government in every way 
within my power, by loyally supporting the President of the United 
States, the congress, and all officers and authorities of the government, 
and I hereby pledge that I regard the signing of this card as an enlist- 
ment in the civil service of my country. 

Name 

Address 

Witness : 

ARTICLE II 
management and control 

Section 1. The affairs of the County Council shall be conducted by 
a central body to be known as the Bureau of Military Affairs consisting 
of ten members, to be elected each year at the annual meeting of the 
Council, six of whom shall constitute a quorum. 

Immediately after such election and on same day the Bureau of 
Military Affairs shall select a county chairman, county secretary, and 
county treasurer. Such three officers, together with district chairman 
shall be ex-officio members of the Bureau of Military Affairs, but shall 
not be entitled to vote, but shall have the privilege of the floor, as well 
as chairmen of all recognized war activities, who shall likewise be 
ex-officio members of the Bureau of Military Affairs. 



Subscribers to the Fund of the Scott 
County Council National Defense 



The list of those contributing to the fund of the Scott County Council 
of National Defense shows the' wide and deep interest taken in the work 
of the Council by our citizens, and the generous financial support they 
accorded it: 



Abbott, Robt. M. 

Abrahams, B & H. 

Abrahams, Max 

Adler, E. V. 

Agar, Thos. 

Ahrcns, G. T. 

Akin & Schvvenkei- Shoe Co. 

Albrecht, Geo. 

Alfoi'd, C. E. 

Allen, Dr. W. L. 

Allen, Mrs. W. L. 

Allen, V. V. 

Alter, II. 

Alter, M. 

American Candy Kitchen 

Andersen, John 

Andreson, Andreas 

Andresen Auto Co. 

Angst, Adolph 

Anken, Mrs. Lena 

Armil, K. T. 

Arnold, Edw. S. 

Arp, Adolph P. 

Artzberger, Earnest 

Autderheide, B. F. 

Akin, Edgar W., Jr. 

Bailey, Dr. W. W. 

Baker, D. II. 

uaker, C. K. 

Baker, Mr. and Mrs. D. M 

Ballard, Harry VV. 

Ballard, J. W. 

Balch, E. F. 

Balluff, Aug. A. 

Balluff, H. E. 

Balluff, Walter 

Ballow, A. E. 

Bammer, Sam 

Barewald, C. L. 

Barnes, N. 11. 

Barr, Francis D. 

Barr Dairy Co. 

Barr, Fred J. 

Bartemeyer, Herman II. 

Baxter, J. C. 

Bashaw, Wayne 

Baxter Piano Co. 

Beauchaine, L. L. 

Beck, Roy 

Beck Plumbing Co. 

Becker, Fritz 

Becker, Miss Hilda 

Becker, AValdo 

Beedee, R. E. 

Behan, Thos. 

Behm, Alfred 

Behm, Wm. » 

Beiderbecke, B. H. 

Bein, Louis 

Benadom. L. IT. 

Benadom, W. A. 

Bendixen, .1. II. 

Bendixen, P. 

Bendixen, Dr. P. A. 



Berg Bros. 

Berg, Emil 

Berg, Frank 

Berger, Ed. 

Beery Shoe Co. 

Berwald, John 

Best, L. P. 

Bettendorf Co. 

Bettendorf, Mrs. E. 

Bettendorf, E. J. 

Bettendorf, J. W. 

Bettendorf Lumber Co. 

Bettendorf Meat Market 

Bettendorf Oxygen Co. 

Bettendorf Savings Bank 

Bettendorf Stone Co. 

Betty, Frank 

Betty, J. W. 

Bettv, H. B. 

Bills Floral Co. 

Bird, W. F. 

Bischoff, Ed. 

Black Hawk Coal & Fuel 

Co. 
Black Hawk Mattress Co. 
Blackman, Smith 
Blakemore, A. T. 
Blair, W. A. 
Blancke, Rev. W. H. 
B laser, Wm. 
Block, Coi-a 
Block, Louis 
Bloss, O. S. 

Blue Grass Savings Bank 
Bob, L. 
Boeck, Ferd. 
Boecken, Ernest C. 
Boehm, C. O. E. 
Boettger, Max R. 
Boies, M. v., Co. 
Boies, Mrs. M. V. 
Bollinger, James W. 
Bollinger, Mary Gilman 
Bo.iens, R. 
Bolte, E. L. 
Bolte, Wm. C. 
Bollinger & Block 
Bondy, Ludwig 
Bon Ton 
Booras. Geo. 
Born, W. E. 
Borchert, Ed. 
Bostedt, Fred 
Boston Meat Market 
Boudinot. Allen 
Bowers. II. E. 
Boyce, James 
Bracelin, John 
Brammer, Henry, & Son 
Brammer Co., H. F. 
Brandt, Clara L. 
Brandt, John J. 
Bredow, J. F. 
Bremer. Hv. 
Briggs, E. A. H. 

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Brockman, J. D. 
Brown, A. W. 
Brownlee, J. E. 
Brownlie, W. T. 
Brownlie, R. K. 
Brubaker, Chris. 
Brubaker Miles 
Bruning, Alphons 
Bruning, F. C. 
Brus, T. J. 
Brus, J. J. 
Brus, Theo. 
rUick, Emil J. 
Buck, John W. 
Buck, J. W., Motor Co. 
Buehler Bros. 
Buehler, Christian 
Buenga, Carl 
Bulger, Rev. J. W. 
Bulsterbaum, G. A. 
Burk, Dr. F. O. 
Barke, J. T. 
Burkholder, E. 
Burmeister, Louis 
Burnstein, R. A. 
Burrows, Parke T. 
Burtis, S. C. 
Burtland, Wm. 
Bush, A. G. 
Busch, Theo. H. 
Butterworth. J. N.- 
Buzzard, J. J. 

Cable, Geo. W., Jr. 
Calderwood, M. H. 
Calvert, W. O. 
Cameron, Chas. S. 
Camp, H. F. 
Campbell, Dr. Elliott 
Campbell. R. C. 
Cannon, Geo. W. 
Canton Cafe 
Carleton, L. S. 
Carney, Dr. R. P. 
Carroll, A. E. 
Carroll, A. T. 
Carroll Bros. 
Carroll, E. J. 
Carroll, W. Chas. 
Carroll, Dr. W. D. 
Carson, T. B. 
Carstens, Louis P. 
Carstens, Wm. 
Cement Products Co. 
Central Engineering Co. 
Chambers, Walter 
Chamberlin. W. M. 
Chandler, T. W. 
Chezem, Andrew 
Chocolate Shop 
Chubb, C. N. 
Chute. L. E. 
Citron. Morris 
City Fuel & Lumber Co. 
City Hall Shoe Repairiuy 



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HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 



City Hall Smoke House 

Clapp, Mrs. Lottie B. 

,Clausen, F. G. 

.Claussen. Henry C. 

Claussen, C. H. 

Claussen, Henry J. 

Clausen & Kruse 

Clausen, Mrs. Otto 

Clausen, R. J. 

demons, H. B. 

Cline, A. P. 

Clum, Woodworth 

Coen, Chas. E. 

Coe, J. A. 

CofEman, Rev. L. M. 

Coffee, Dr. W. O. 

Coleman, E. N. 

Coliseum Co. 

Collins. Miles 

Columbia Hotel 

Columbia Theatre 

Comenitz, Ben 

Comenitz News Agency 

Compton. Mrs. Gertrude W. 

Conrad & Co. 

Cook, R. B. 

Corry, John 

Corry, John, & Son 

Corry. Louis 

Corry. Wm, H. 

Cossriff, Wm. 

Cotter, W. T. 

Cox. K. PI. 

I rabbs, Austin 

Cram. Ralph W. 

Crawford, Wm. F. 

Crescent Macaroni Co. 

Crites, G. C. 

Cromer. M. 

Crook, L. J. 

Crook. R. W. 

Crossett. Edw. C. 

Crook Bros. Laundry 

Crowe. Chas. H. 

Crowley, J. W. 

Cummins, H. R. 

Curtis, rlifton 

Curtis, D. D. 

Dnhms. 'Dr. O. A. 
Dalv. D. A. 
Dammann. L. H. 
Davennort Broom Co. 
Dav. Cleai'inff House Assn. 
Dav. Ice & Cold Stor. Co. 
Dav, Ice Cream Co. 
Dav. Grains Dryins: Co. 
Dav. Machine & Found. Co. 
Dav. Iron & Metal Co. 
Dav. Mfsf. Co. 
Dav. Locomotive Works 
Dav. Overland Co. 
Dnv. Real Estate Board 
Dav. Slausrht. & Rend. Co. 
Dnv. Tailoring- Co. 
Davenport Water Co. 
Davis. Frank L. 
Davis, Rt. Rev. .Tames 
D.Tvis, J. W. 

Davis & Wrio-ht Stove Co. 
Davison. Ella 
Dawartz Bros. 
Dawartz. Geo. W. 
Dawartz. Harry .7. 
Dawson, A. F. 
Dawson. M. H. 
DeArmand, Louis G. 
Decker. Dr. G. E. 
Decorative Art Glass Co. 
DeFries, Dr. A. 
DeLacy. M. J. 
Dolescaille. Hattie 
Democrat Co. 
Dempsey, Geo. S. 



Denkmann, Julius 
Denger, Louis 
Denman, B. J. 
Deutsch, Harry 
Deutsch, Joseph 
I^eutsch, I. 
Diehh, Henry 
Diemer, R. A. 
Dietz, Edward 
Dimond, J. A. 
Dismer, H. 
Dittmer, F. H. 
Dolese Bros. Co. 
Dolese, John 
Dolese, Henry 
Dolese, Peter 
Donegan, Judge M. F. 
Donnelly, H. A. 
Donnelly, J. J. 
Donohoe, Dr. A. P. 
Donahoe, Rev. C. J. 
Doran, Dr. O. D. 
Dorman, Chas. H. 
Dorman. H. A. 
Dougherty, E. J. 
Dougherty, L. J. 
Dougherty, Thos. 
Dougherty, Wm. 
Dow, J. F. 
Dow, Worrall 
Dow, John S. 
Downer, H. E. 
Downing, F. E. 
Downing, Forest 
Draenas, Wm. 
Drebling, O. D. 
Driscoll, J. E. 
Drysdale, J. E. 
Drysdale, J. E., Co. 
Duggelby, M. E. 
Duncan, Chas. 
Dunn, Dr. James 
Dunn, R. G., & Co. 
Duvall, Geo. W. 

Ebeling, A. H. 
Eckhardt, Otto 
Eckhardt, Gus 
Eckhardt, Louis 
Eckmann, Geo. H. 
Economy Rug Co. 
Ehlers, F. W. 
Einfeldt, E. 

Electric Equipment Co. 
Ells, J. H. 
Ellsworth, A. S. 
Ellsworth, L. H. 
Palmer, Dr. A. W. 
Elmer, Kate 
Ely, N. D. 
Emeis, Arno F. 
Emeis, H. A. 
Emeis, Hugo A. 
Emeis, Hugo G. 
Emeis, Walter A. 
Emeis Mfg. Co. 
P^mler, C. F. 
Emme, Henry 
p]nglehart, Claus 
P^nglehart, Harry 
Englehart, R. R. 
Estes, T. O. 
Ewert & Richter 
Evers, W. L. 

Fa her. Nick 
P'aerber. A. ,J. 
P^armers Lumber Co. 
Farmers Savings Bank 
Fay. C. F. 
P>ddersen, Peter 
Feeney, John A. 
P'einer Geo. 
P>llner, Edw. J. 



P^ellner, John H. 

P'ersch, Ollie 

Fick, Frank G. 

Ficke & Ficke 

Ficke, A. D. 

Ficke, C. A. 

Ficke, Julius 

Ficke, R. C. 

Fidlar, W. F. 

Fisher, David G., & Co. 

Pusher, L. M. 

Flanigan, J. 

Flannagan, Rev. J. T. A. 

P^leischmann Co. 

Folwell. J. H. 

Forber, George F. 

P^orber, Geo. F., & Bird 

Fowler, A. H. 

Franc Furniture Co. 

P^ranco, Chas. 

Frank, H. J., Sr. 

Frank, H. J., Jr. 

Frank, H. J., Foundry & 

Mach. Co. 
Free, F. A. 
P^rench, Alice 
French, G. Decker 
French & Hecht 
Frev, Charles A. 
Fries, John F. 
Fries, Peter J. 
Frye, Wm. F. 
Frick, Charles 
Fries Bros. 
P^ritz, Wm. 
Frye, Geo. D. 
Fry, Joseph H. 
PVchs, G. F., Coal Co. 
Fude, Frank 
Fuhlendorf, P. B. 
Funk, T. B. 

Gabathuler, J. H. 

Gabbert, Etta 

Gadient, Martin J. 

Galbraith, J. M. 

Gardiner, S. 

Garvey, Plarry 

Gatelv, J. & Co. 

Garstang, C. W. 

Gehrmann, J. H. 

Gehrmann, W. C. 

Gehrmann, W. H, 

Geisler, Wm. H. 

George, B. D. 

Gerdes, Walter R. 

German Mut. Fire Ins. Co. 

Gerwe Bros. 

Gerwe, Jos. 

Gerwe, Louis 

Geurink, Mrs. p]lizabeth 

Gharet, F. A. 

Gibbs, F. C. 

Gifford, Mrs. Ella 

Gifford, Ira 

Gifford. W. D. 

Gilchrist, H. M. 

Gilchrist, J. W. 

Gilloley, P. M. 

Glynn, C. E. 

Glvnn, T. .T. 

Glaspell, E. S. 

Goddard, Frank 

Godfrey, N. L. 

Goenne, A. E. 

Goenne, E. C. 

Goering, B. 'PL 

Goering. J. H. 

Goettsch, Gustave 

(Toff. E. L. 

Goldermann, Wm. 

Goldschmidt, A. G. 

Goos. Wm. 

Gordon-Van Tine Co. 



SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA 



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(iorclon, Harry 
(iorman, J. F. 
Gottschalk, Wm. 
ijrottschlich, Aug. 
Gould, A. G. 
Grant, O. B. 
Greenbaum, S. E. 
Greer, W. W. 
Griffin's Confect. Store 
Griffin, R. P. 
Griggs, A. P., Co. 
Griggs, A. P. 
Griggs, T. W. 
GrilK, Chas. 
Grilk, Mrs. Louis 
Gruenwald, Wm. 
Gruenau, Otto 
Gruenhagen, Otto F. 
Guaranty Life Ins. Co. 
Gundaker. J. H. 
Gude, J. C. 

Haak, Rich. 
Ilaase, Gus 
Haase, Louis 
Haase, Wm. 
Hageboeck, A. L. 
Hageboeck, John 
Haglund, Ed. 
Hall, C. L. 
Hall, E. H. 
Flail, J. C. 
Hall & Martin 
Haller, J. T. 
Haller, Wm. 
Halligan Candy Co. 
Halligan, James F. 
PTallio-an, Jean 
FTalligan, T. F. 
Hamann, A. W. 
Hamlin, W. I. 
Hand, Jno. P., Co. 
Hands, Dr. S. G. 
Hanna, Chas. 
Hannemann, Herman 
Hansen Drug Co. 
Hansen, Harry O. 
Hansen, Lawrence 
Hansen, B. C. 
Hansen. C. E. 
Hanssen, C. F. 
Hanssen, Louis 
Hanssen's, Louis, Sons 
Hansen, M. B. 
Hapo, H. C. 
liarbeck, A. E. 
Harbeck, Mrs. Mar-^^ 
Harbeck, A., & Co. 
Hardman, .T. E. 
Harkert Cigar Co. 
Harkert, Hans 
Harned, R. H. 
Harneu & Von Maur 
Harris, Wm. A. 
Harrison, Margaret 
Hartung, Albert 
Hass. J. H. 
Hass. Leon 
Hassler, Julius 
Hawk,' J. O. 
Hayes, R. R. 
Haves, Dr. J. B. 
Havward, C. D. 
Hays, H. G. 
Hayward, E, B. 
Hayward, V. E. 
Heden, P. E. 
Heenev, .John M. 
Pleesch, Carstens & Tall- 

mon 
Heesch. Herman 
hieim. E. L. 
Heinz, John 
Helble, .Tohn 



Hell, Dr. Henry 
Henderson, Chas. R. 
Hendryche, James 
Ilenigbaum, A. 
Ilenigbaum, W. J. 
ilenly, Mrs. Ella V. 
Hennings, L. 
Hepburn, Bert 
Hertzler, H. G. 
Hetzel, F. A. 
Hetzel, Wm. 
Heuck, C. H. 
Heuck, Wm. 
Heuer, Wm. 
Heyer, M. F. 
Heysinger, W. L. 
Hickey Bros. 
Hickey, D. J. Sr. 
Hickey, D. J., Jr. 
Hickey, Wm. 
Higgenbothem, J. W. 
Higley's Grocery 
Hild, Charles 
Hill, John 
Hill, Laura 
Hill, Oswald C. 
nm, Otto 
Hinrichs, John G. 
Hinsch, Paul 
Hipwell, C. G. 
Hoefle, Dr. H. C. 
Hoeft, Ed. 

Hoeft & Shaughnessey 
Hoffbauer, Max 
Holbrook Furniture Co. 
Holbrook, W. S. 
Holm, Frank 
Hombrecht, A. 
Hooper, T. N. 
Home, Dan B. 
Horn & Claussen 
Horn, J. 

Horrigan, Ed. A. 
Horst, Henry T. 
Horst, Henry W. 
Horst & Strieter 
Hostetler. J. B. 
House, Ed. 
Howe. M. J. 
Hubbell, C. H. 
Hubers. Wm. 
Huebotter. H. L. 
Hntton, Wm. A. 
Hynes, John 

Ickes, .7. K. 
Ideal Cleaners 
Ideal Heating Co. 
Illian, Albert 
Illian, Fred W. 
Immoor. Henry 
Incze, Chas. 
Independent Baking Co. 
Interstate Auto Co. 
Iowa Construction Co. 
Iowa Lunch Room 
Iowa Silver Plating Co. 
Iowa Steam Laundry 
Tsenberg, I. 
Isenberg & Co. 

•Tacobsen. P. N. 
.Tager, Flenrv 
Jahn & Oilier 
Jansen, Albert 
Jansen, C. 
.Tebens, Henrv 
Johnson, Chas. .7. 
Johnson, Brice B. 
.Tohnson, E. S. 
Johnson, G. S. 
Johnston, Paul FI. 
.Tones. H. B. 
Jones, C. W. 



Judy, Mrs. E. G. 
Junge, Jul. 

Kahl, H. C. 
Kahl, Jos. 
Kahles, Adolph 
Kahles, Phil 
Kaisen, Carl 
Kammerer, H. E. 
Kastens, C. L. 
Katz, J. H. 
Kaufmann, Chas. B. 
Kaufmann, Ed. 
Kautz, L. E. 
Keeler, Chas. A. 
Keeler, D. E. 
Keeler, Thos. J. 
Kelly, A. E. 
Kelly, John C. 
Kelly Bros. 
Kelly, John F.. Co. 
Kelly, Glenn D. 
Kelly, Mrs. Glenn 
Kelly, Leo. J. 
Kelly, R. C. 
Kelly, Wm. F. 
Kennedy. Thos. P. 
Keppe, Chas. 
Keppy, F. C. 
Kerker, George A. 
Kerker, George W. 
Kerker, Harry L. 
Kerker, J. H.' 
Kerker, Ralph W. 
Kerker Paper Box Co. 
Kerns, E. 
Kessler, S. S. 
Ketelsen, Chr. 
Kieffert. E. E. 
Kimball, W. H. 
Kimberly, D. W. 
Kimmel, .7. S. 
Kinnally, M. J. 
Kinnavev, James .1. 
Kindt. Chns. T. 
Kistenmacher, E. .T. 
Kistenmacher, Theo. C. 
Klauer, Frank G. 
Klaus, .Tos. L. 
Klaus & Gadient Ice & 

Coal Co. 
Klein, Harry 
Klein's Ladies Ready to 

Wear 
Klein, M. A. 
Klenze, C. H. 
Klindt, Geo. 
Kloppenburg, Louis 
KloDpenburg, P. 
Knaack, Ed. 
Knocke. L. E. 
Knostman Bros. 
Knostman, Mrs. Amelia 
Knostman, George H. 
Knostman. John W. 
Knostman, Ralnh E. 
Knueppel. A. H. 
Knueppel & Ott 
Koch, A. F. 
Koch, A. F., & Co. 
Kock, .John 
Koch, G. H. 
Koch, Wm. L. 
Koechert, Paul 
Koehnke. Hugo 
Koenig, Phil 
Kohler, J. R. 
Kohrs, Frank 
Kohrs, .John 
Kohrs Packing Co. 
Koopman Bros. 
Koopman, Henry 
Koopman, Hugo 
Koopman, Walter 



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HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 



Kopp, R. M. 
Korn Baking Co. 
ivorn, Chcis. 
Korn, Harry 
Korn, Henry 
Korn, Otto 
Korn, Wm. H. 
Krabbenlioeft, Gus 
Krabbeniioelt, Theo. 
Krattenboeft, Jul. 
Kratt, August 
Kraft, Geo. 
Kramer, Kobert 
Krause, LoUise 
Krause, Kobert, Co. 
Krell, Paul 
Kresge, S. S., Co. 
Kroeger, Chas. 
Kroeger, F. C. 
Kropf, Victor 
Kruel, Dr. L». G. 
Kuehl-Goelitz Co. 
Kruse, W. O. 
Kuehl, Claus M. 
Kuelil, Christ. JJ., & Son 
Kuehl, C. J. 
Kuehl, Henry A. 
Kuehl, Louis 
Kuehl, O. H. 
Kuehl, W. H. 
Kuhl, Dr. A. B. 
Kuehlcke, Otto 
Kulp, Dr. O. W. 
Kunkel & Sons 
Kuppinger Land Co. 

Ladner, H. J. 

Lalferty, H. R. 

Lafferty, S. B. 

LaFrenz, Earnest 

LaFrenz, Henry T. 

Lage, John 

Lage, Jochim 

Lage, Otto 

Lage, Will 

Lagomarcino-Grupe Co. 

I^agomarcino, Paul 

Lambach, Larl 

Lambach, Dr. Frederick 

Lamp, ]\irs. A. 

Lamp, Julius 

Lamson, Louis B. 

Landauer, M. 

Lane, D. R. 

Lane, J. Reed 

Lane, Joe R. 

Langbein, L. 

Lange, John 

Lannan, James 

Lantau, Harry 

Larson, E. A. 

Larson Shoe Co. 

Lasher, L. G. 

Lau, Charles W. 

Lau. Elizabeth 

Lauder, Joe 

I^ebo, Sam 

LeBubn, Carl 

Le Claire, J. A. 

I>ittig, Louis A. 

Lo Claire, Louis. A., Jr. 

Le Claire-King Co. 

Lee Broom & Duster Co. 

Leigh. Dr. C. L. 

L<'man. H. 

Lcmlmrg, Fred 

Leml)urg. Henry 

Lemm. H. .T. 

Lei'ch, Oscar 

Letts, F. D. 

Letts, E. G. 

Letts. Dr. H. L. 

Ley Fuel Co., Wm. 

Lev, Wm. 



Levetzow, Henry 
Levine, A. 
Levy, Abe 
Lillis, Wm. M. 
Lincoln, A. L. 
Lindquist, A. E. 
Linograph Co. 
Lischer, Ed. 
Lischer, F. A. 
Lischer, Mrs. Hedwig 
Lischer, Henry 
Littig, A. E. 
Littig Construction Co. 
Littig, H. E. 
Littleton, C. M. 
Livingston, Louis L. 
Lorenzen, Laura 
Logan & Bryan 
Logan, Warden E. 
Luetje, Wm. 
Luettje, B. F. 
Lueschen, John 
Lyngholm, P. J. 

McAdam, E. R. 
McCabe, R. W. 
McCarthy Improvement Co 
McCarthy, P. F. 
McCauly, Alice 
Mceandless, Dr. C. R. 
McClelland, Mrs. Anna R. 
McClelland, Geo. R. 
McClelland Co., T. W. 
McClure, J. B. 
McLoUister, J. D. 
McCorraick, C. M. 
McCraney, Elmer 
McCraney Sand & Fuel Co 
McCuUough, M. E. 
McCuUough, F. J. 
McCullough, Dr. G. F. 
McCuUough, W. J. 
McFarland, H. J. 
Mtlntyre, C. C 
McGovern, Hugh 
McGowan, T. H. 
McMann, Walter 
McManus, Park W., .Tr- 
McManus, P. W., Sr. 

Maack, Louis 
Madden, J. C. 
Maehr, Arno R. 
Maehr Co., The 
Maehr, Robt. E. 
Maehr. Walter 
Mahannah, Fred L. 
]\Iaines & Kelley 
Maines, W. R. 
Mallov, John 
Malloy, J. P. 
Malloy, M. J. 
Mangels, Herman 
;Marks, Louis M. 
Markus. Charles 
Marshall, L. E. 
INIartens, Harry 
Martens, Louis 
Marti, Chris. 
Martin, C. D. 
]\Lirtin, (Jeors-e H. 
ISlnrtin, R. E. 
Martin. Wellington 
Martin-Woods Co. 
INLirtin, G. H.. Cigar Co. 
Martin. Wm. E., & Son 
Martin, W. J. 
Mason Garage 
Mason. Charles F. 
Mason, W. L. 
Mason. J. L. 
Martzahn. Frank 
Mass, J. P. 
Mast, C. A. 



Mathes, W. C, Coal Co. 
Mathews & Carroll 
Matthews, W. C. 
Matthey, Dr. Henry 
Matthey, Dr. Walter 
Mausnest, Anna 
Memert, Henry & John 
Meier, Fred 
Meier, C. E. 
Meier, H. C. 
Meier, John G. 
Men gel, J^'rltz 
Mengel, William 
Merchants Cafe 
Messer, B. J. 
Metcalf, Harold 
Meyer, Alfred J. 
Meyer, Claus H. 
Meyer, Edward U. 
Meyer, F. W. 
Meyer, Paul 
Miller, R. T. 
Miller & Gruenau 
Miller Hotel Co. 
Miller & StoUey 
Miller, George H. 
. Miller, Joseph A. 
Miller, W. F. 
Miner, L. S. 
Minreare, W. C. 
Midland Fixture Co. 
Mittelbuscher, E. J. 
Mittelbuscher, R. 
Moeller, Adolph 
Moeller, taenry 
Moffat, G. A. 
Mohr, G. C. 
Mohr, Henry D. 
Montgomery & Campbell 
Moeller, Hugo 
Moetzel, E. A. 
Morevek, W. 
Morehead, S. H. 
Morrell, Thomas 
Morgan, E. T. 
Morgan, Dr. J. 
Moritz, Simon 
Morrison, D. 
Moritz, Sol. 
Morrison, Rev. T. N, 
. Morrissey, L. M. B. 
Marks, Morton L., Co. 
Moss Bros. Clothing Co. 
Mueller, Alfred 
Mueller, Ed. C. 
Mueller, F. W. 
Mueller, Wm. L. 
Muhs, B. F. 
Murphy, D. J. 
Murray, Dr. C. A. 
Muttera, Fred 

Naeckel, Alex. 

Naeckei s Sons, Chas. 

Naeckel, Oscar 

Naeckel, Louis 

Nabstedt, D. 

Nabstedt, M. E., & Sons Co. 

Nabstedt. J. F. 

Naven, Edward R. 

Naven Fuel Co. 

Naven, .John J. 

Nagel, I. 

Naugle, N. N. 

Neberp-all. Chas. W. 

Neuf eld's Pharmacy , 

Neufeld, Dr. F. 

Neufeldt, .Tohn 

Neustadt. D. 

New Kimball Baths 

Newman's Store 

New Method Shoe Shining 

Newton. .T. .T. 

N. W. Davenport Impl. Co. 



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23 



N. W. Dav. Savings Bank 
N. W. Dav. Turn Verein 
Nobis, Otto 
Nortlblom, Bernard A. 
Nordcngren, Fred 
Noth, Geo. W. 
Noth, Wm. 
Nott, R. II. 
Nyemaster, Ray 

OT.rii'n, T. J, 
O'Bannon, W. 
Ocbs, Emma 
(K-bs, M. E. 
Ocbs, .Julius J. 
Oelkers, Mvh. Selma 
Oetzmann, A. C. 
Octzmann, H. P. 
Oblson, Albert 
Osborn, C. E. 
Ott, Mrs. C. 
Ott, Fred C. 
Ottesen, R. 
Otto, Ernst 
Owl Drug Store 

Pad get, Wm. 
Pain, Fay ^^ . 
Palmer, B. .7. 
I'almer School 
Panzenbagen, Wm. F. 
I'ape, Edwin 
Pape, Dr. H. G. 
Pape. W. T. 
Parker, FI. .7. 
I'arker, M. L. 
Parker, M. E., Co. 
Parsons, Alfred 
Pasche, Chas. 
Pasvogel, Fritz 
Pasvogel, Henry 
Pasvogel, Henry, & Sons 
Pauli, H. G. 
Paulsen, Adolph 
Paulsen, .7. L. 
Pearson, Martin 
Peck, Dr. R. E. 
Peckenscbneider, Albert 
Penn Consumers Oil Co. 
People's Sboe Repairing 
Peoples Trust & Sav. Bk. 
Perrv, F. H. 
Peters, C. E. 
Peters, P. 
Peters. .7. 

Petersberger, A. F. 
Petersberger. Isaac 
Petersen, Adolph 
Petersen, Arno L. 
Petersen, Albert 
Petersen, Mrs. Clara M. 
Petersen, G. G. 
Petersen's. .7. H. C, & Co. 
Petersen, Mrs. May 
Petersen, Smith 
Petersen, AV. D. 
Petersen, W. E. 
Pfabe, Harrv 
Pbelan, P. .7. 
Phelps, G. A. 
Phelps. R. .7. 
Phillips, Blair 
Phillips. H. W. 
Phillips. .7. B. 
Phoenix Milling Co. 
Phoenix. Frank 
Phoenix. F. S. 
Phoenix & Phoenix 
Plank. N. S. 
Plath, Ed. 
Plath, Victor H. 
Plett. .7no. 
Ploehn. .7ohn H. 
Plowe, E. D. 



I'lowe & Gharet 
I'ohlmann, Wm. 
I'olk, R. L., & Co. 
Pope, H. L. 
I»ort, C. O. 
I'ounds, .lames T. 
Power, PI. W. 
Preston, Miss Lillie 
Priester, W. C. 
Proestler, II. T., & Co. 
I'roestler, J. C. 
Prouty, E. G. 
Puck, Herman 
Puck, Henry 
Puis, Edward W. 
Purcell, W. L. 
Purity Oats Co. 
Putnam Estate 
I'utnam, Elizabeth 
Putnam, M. a. S. 

Quality Film Co. 

Raben, B. M. 

Raben Optical Co. 

Rahn, .John 

Ramm, Eggert 

Ramm, Marx 

Randolph, Geo. F. 

Ranson, W. G. 

Ranzow, Chas. W., «& Son 

Rathmann, Robert 

Rattner, M. 

Ray, Fred L. 

Reading, A. K. 

Reading, E. M. 

Reading, J. A. 

Red .7acket Mfg. Co. 

Regennitter, H. 

Rehder, Emil 

Rehder, W. M. 

Reid, Mohr & Kloppenber^ 

Re id, John T. 

Reimers, Mrs. August 

Reimers, .7. .7. 

Reimers, Morgan 

Reimers, G. W. 

Reinbrecht, P. A. 

Reinholdt, G., & Co. 

Reinhold, Gus A. 

Reck, P. W. 

Renwick, Misses M. & R. 

Reupke, Chas. H. 

Reynolds, .7. R. 

Reynolds & Balch 

Rice, .7. H. 

Richardson, .J. B. 

Richardson, Mrs. J. ,J. 

Richardson, M. N. 

Richardson, S. P. 

Richter, T., & Son 

Richter, Aug. 

Richter, Carl 

Richter, Edward 

Richter, Flenrv 

Richter, Mrs. T. 

Rieche, Otto 

Riepe, A. 

Ringey, F. E. 

Ringle, Oscar 

Risley, FI. J. 

Roberts, E. C. 

Roberts, Joe 

Robberts, L. G. 

Roberts. E. C. 

Robeson, C. E. 

Robeson. L. F. 

Roddewig. F^erd. 

Roeske, W. E. 

Rogge, I*. Ij. 

Roggencamp. Geo. 

Rohlffs. Bertha 

Rohlfe. Flugo 

Rohlff, Herman 



RohlfC, FI. & FI. 
Rohwedder, C. F\ 
Roddewig, Louis 
Roddewig-Schmidt Candy 

Co. 
Rohlfs, Rudolph 
Rolfs, C. C. 
Ronge, FI. E. 
Ross, IF. E., Electric Co. 
Roundy, W. N. 
Rosenfleld, Joe M. 
Rosenfield Millinery 
Rosenthal, Max 
Ross, H. E. 
Ross, Mrs. H. E. 
Ross, John A. 
Rothermel, J. H. 
Rowley & Heden 
Rowley, Sam T. 
RufE, Chas. H, 
Rufe, Harrison F. 
Ruff Bros. 
Ruehmann, Otto 
Ruhl, John 
Ruhl & Wernentin 
Rumsey, Byron 
Russell, A. J. 
Ryan, D. W. 
Ryan, E. H. 
Ryan Plumbing & Heating 

Co. 
Ryan, D. J. 

Ryan, D. J., Const. Co. 
Ryan, J. J. 
Ryburn, M. E. 

Sadler, P. M. 
Salter, S. A. 
Sam,pson, A. G. 
Sanford, S. W. 
Sanford, W. J. 
Sass, E. W. 
Sawver, FI. E. 
S. B. & S. Shoe Co. 
Schaefer, Frank H. 
Schaefer. J. H. 
ScharfC, H. E. 
Scharfenberg's Meat 

Market 
Scharfenberg, Chas. E. 
Scharnwebber, Wm. A. 
Schebler, Joe 
Schernau, E. 
Schick, Chas. 
Schick, .John 
Schick, Joseph 
Schiele, FI. W. 
Schlapkohl, Aug. 
Schlapkohl, R. R. 
Schlegel, Carl E. 
Schlegel, Richard 
Schlueter, Chas. F. 
Schmalhaus, K. B. 
Schmidt, Dr. A. E. 
Schmidt, Dr. B. H. 
Schmidt, B. L. 
Schmidt, Mrs. Fritz 
Schmidt, Gus C. 
Schmidt, Carl C. 
Schmidt, Ed. A. 
Schmidt, Herman 
Schmidt, Herman, Jr. 
Schmidt, Julius 
Schmidt, Jul. 
Schmidt, Otto P.. 
Schmidt, Richard L. 
Schmidt Electric Co. 
Schmidt Music Co. 
Schmidt, Oswald 
Schmidt, Walter 
Schoening, A. F. 
Schricker, Miss Selma 
Schricker, J. C. 
Schroeder, Emil F. 



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HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 



Schroeder, Ernst H. 
Schroeder, John F. 
Schroeder, Henry E. 
Schroeder Motor Co. 
Schroeder, Henry J. 
Schroeder, Rud. 
Schultze, Albert 
Schultz, Aug. 
Schumacher, F. L. 
Scotch Woolen Mills 
Scott, H. V. 
Seaman, J. L. 
Seaman, J. W. 
Sears, I. L. 
Sears, Ike 
Sears Harness Co. 
S-belin, A. 
Sebelin, August 
Sebolt, W. A. 
Security Fire Ins. Co. 
Siebengartner, F. C. 
Seiffert, H. O. 
Seiffert Lumber Co. and 

East Dav. Fuel Co. 
Shaffer, C. P. 
Shannon. C. R. 
Shannon's Dairy Lunch 
Shapiro, Max 
Sharon, F. B. 
Sharon, E. M. 
Sharp, Elmer 
Shaughnessy, Stephen 
Shaw, E. A. 
Sherier. J. M. 
Shinn, F. H. 
Shorey, Joe 
Shuler, Chas. 
Shulze, H. F. 
Sickels & Preston Co. 
Siebengartner, L. M. 
Siegel, Abe 
Sieg Co. 
Siegel Stores 
Silber, M. 
Simon, L. 

Simon & Landauer 
Simmons, A. E. 
Simpson. C. S. 
Sinclair. T. M.. & Co. 
Sindt, Theo. 
Sindt, Thies 
Sirpis, N. J. 
Sitz Ice Co. 
Skelley, W. F. 
Slater, The Hatter 
Sleyman. M. 
Smart, F. L. 
Smith. Bryant 
Smith, Chas. C. 
Smith, Chas. C. Jr. 
Smith. Martin H. 
Smith. J. Gil. 

Smith Bros. & Burdick Co. 
Snell. F. L. 

Snider, Walsh & Hynes 
Snoke, D. H. 
Soller, .Tohn H. 
Soller. John 
Soller, John. & Son 
Soenke. E. E. 
Sothman. Geo. 
Spelletich. M. 
Spelletich. K. 
Spencer, H. K., Furn. Co. 
Spencer, H. K. 
Spencer, W. E. 
Speth, Julius 
Staby. Oscar 
Stackhouse. S. S. 
Standard Oil Co. 
Stahl, Herman 
Stahl, Hugo H. 
Stahmer. F. J. 
Stark, W. B. 



Starbuck, Dr. T. D. 
Stark, F. Y. 
Stark, W. H. 
Stark's Bakery 
Stebbins, T. J. 
Steckel, Geor"-e P. 
Steckel, Theodore P. 
Steckel Bros. 
StefEen, Aug. E. 
StefEen Leather Co. 
Steffen, Harry 
Steffen, Matthias F. 
Steffin, Mike 
Steiniger, Wm. 
Stelk, Chas. J. 
Stelk, J. J. 
Stenger, E. F. 
Stoecks, Dr. W. A. 
Stockdale, Maack, Co. 
Stolley, George 
Stoltenberg, A. H. 
Stoltenberg, Wm. 
Strathmann, Geo. 
Strieter, M. E. 
Stroh, Gretchen 
Stroebeer, J. H. 
Strobehn. Dr. Edw. 
Struck, K. H. 
Struble, Dr. L. W. 
Struve, Mrs. Helen 
Struve, Henry 
Studebaker, J. M. 
Stueben, Gustav 
St. Louis House 
Suhl. Hy. C. 
Suiter, Chas. H. 
Sullivan, Dr. L. F. 
Swindell, Erwin 
Swiney, T. O. 

Tabor, Ira 
Tagge, F. 
Tallmon, Ed. W. 
Tangen, Herman 
Tanner. J. F. 
Tappert, Chas. H. 
Tappert. J. H. 
Taylor. Edward A. 
Tefft. E. J. 
Telsrow. Mrs. Laura 
Temple & Burrows 
Temple. Seth J. 
Tenenbom, R. 
Teske. Karl P. 
Teske Flour & Feed Co. 
Tevoert. Albert B. 
Tewps, .Tohn 
Thede. P. J. 
Theophilus, Wm. 
Thiering, A. G. 
Thode, Carl 
Thodt, Carl 
Thomas. Albert J. 
Thomsen, Magnus 
Thomsen, Otto 
Thuenen, Henry 
Throop. F. D. 
Tierney. Mary A. 
Times Co. 
Toher. H. J. 
Toensfield, Henry 
Tomson. B. S. 
Tornquist, J. A. 
Tovnbee. C. J. 
Tri-City Bottling Co. 
Tri-Citv Butter Co. 
Tri-City Marble & Granite 

Co. 
Tri-City Plate Ice Co. 
Tri-City Ry. & Light Co. 
Tri-CitV Towel Supply Co. 
Tri-Citv Piano Co. 
Tri-Citv Whol. Grocery Co. 
Tuchfarber, Wm. T. 



Tunnicliff, N. H. 
Turner, W. R. 

United Cigar Stores 

Vagena Bros. 

Vale, W. J. 

Vanderslice, A. W". 

Vanderveer, Dr. W. I. 

Van Evra, Chas. 

Van Horn, C. H. 

Van Patten, A. S. 

Van Patten, E. H. 

Van Patten, J. N. 

Veitch, P. E. 

Vetter, Walter 

Victor, A. F. 

Vilmont, J. H. 

Van Patten Sons 

Vogler, Jacob 

Vogt, Chas. 

Vogt, Hugo 

Vogt, H. H. 

Vogt, H. H., & E. F. Stenger 

Vogt, Jul. C. 

Voliertsen, John 

Volquardson, H. F. 

Volz, Chas. 

Volk, Mrs, J. P. 

Vollmer, Fred 

Vollmer, Henry 

Vollmer, Dr. Karl 

Von Ach, F. J. 

Von Maur, Cable 

Von Maur, C. J. 

Von Maur. Henrv 

Voss Bros. Mfg. Co. 

Voss Bros. 

Voss, Charles A. 

Voss, Emil A. 

Voss, ^eorge E. 

Voss, E. C. 

Waage, Gustav 
Waage, Marcus 
Wagner, Paul 
Wagner, Joe 
Wahle, Adolph 
Wahle, Herman H. 
Walk in, E. 
Walker, Sherman 
Walk-Over Boot Shop 
Wallace, A. S. 
Walsh, Eugene 
Walsh, Dr. E. J. 
Walsh, iv^rs. P. T. 
Walsh, A. E. 
Walsh, T. J. 
Walsh Constr. Co. 
Walsh, J. W. 
Walther, R. J. 
Walther-Vogler Co. 
Wamser, P. H. 
Warnecke. .Alexander 
Warner, Charles 
Warner, Dr. F. L. 
Washington Dairy Lunch 
Watkins, Chas. 
Watros, Dr. R. A. 
Watzek. Dr. J. W. 
Waxenberg. Abe 
Waxenberg. H. H. 
Weber, Dr. J. S. 
Weber, Dr. Lee 
Week, G. C. 
Weeks, H. E. 
Weeks, W. E. 
Weinzweig, Abe 
Weinzweig. Barnett 
Weinzweig, Morris 
Weinzweig, A., & Son 
Weir, W. R. 
Weir & Meier 
Weis^, Frank H. 



SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA 



Weise Bros. 
Weiss, Herman 
Welzanbach, J. A. 
Wernentin, Ed. 
AYernentin, Fred 
Wernentin. Oscar 
Wernentin Bros. 
Western Flour Mill Co. 
Westlund, A. A. 
AVestphal, Henry 
White, Geo. 
White, Sam T. 
Whitaker, Byron 
Whitaker, J. H., Estate 
Whitaker, John Harold 
Whitaker, Nellie F. 
Whitaker, Ralph W. 
White Yard 
Whitehead, W. W. 
Wichelmann, H. O. 
Wichelman, E. H. 
Wichmann. E. T. 
Wicks, N. A. 



Wiese. J. J. 
Wiese; J. H. 
Wiese. W. H. 
Wiggers. Geo. 
Wilbrube. Max 
Wilcox. F. N. 
Wilcox. A. G. 
Wilkinson. Mrs. Ellen 
Wilscher. M. H. 
Willev. Fred H. 
Willey, Theo. E. 
Wiley, W. B. 
Willey's Taxicab Line 
Willev, Harry 
Williams, H. L. 
Wilson, A. W. 
Wilson, C. H. 
Wilson. W. H. 
Windsor Barber Shop 
WMnecke, W. ^. 
Winklemann, Chr. 
Winter, .John 
Wirtel. Elizabeth 



Wirtel & Drebing 
Wittenberg. H., Sr. 
Wittenberg. H., Jr. 
Wittenberg. H. J.. & Co. 
Wittwer. John A. 
Wood. F. E. 
Woodford. George 
Woodford, Charles 
Worley. Chas. H. 
Wright. Dr. Alfred 
Wulf. Herman 
Wyman. Fred 

Yaggy. L. J. 
Yetter. F. B. 
Younserman. Aug. 

Zentner. K. F. 
Zeuch. Herman J. 
Ziebarth. Carl 
Ziffren, S. 

Zimmerman Steel Co. 
Zoller, August 



The Council decided not to receive subscriptions from those in the 
service and hence the absence of their names from the list of con- 
tributors should cause no comment. 



The Medical Advisory Board 



By Dr. Wm. H. Rendleman. Chairman 



The Medical Advisory Board was created to provide a group of 
specialists to serve in an advisory capacity to the local boards in de- 
termining the physical qualifications of registrants. Its function was 
to examine physically and to classify registrants whose cases were 
appealed by the registrant himself, by a government appeal agent or by 
a local board. All doubtful cases were referred by the local boards to 
the Medical Advisory Board. Also all registrants had the privilege of 
appeal. The Medical Advisory Board of this district originally in- 
cluded the counties of Scott, Jackson, Muscatine, and Clinton. The 
enormous amount of work later made it necessary to limit the territory 
to Scott county. The members of the Advisory Board were nominated 
by the Governor and appointed by the President. They served without 
compensation and paid their own expenses, except for clerk salary. 
There were ninety-eight regular sessions of the board, at which over 
1,400 physical examinations were made, most of them being difficult 
cases. The original board consisted of the following members: Dr. 
W. H. Rendleman, Chairman; Dr. J. W. McKee, Secretary; Dr. P. A. 
Bendixen, and Dr. G. F. Harkness. Later it was necessary to add the 
following: Dr. James Dunn, Dr. Lee Weber, Dr. L. W. Struble, Dr. R. 
P. Carney, and Dr. S. G. Hands. 



Batteries B and D, 1 st lo^va Artillery 

Later 126th Field Artillery 



Scott county furnished nearly 4,500 men to the army and navy 
during the war. Our contribution to the fighting strength was not 
measured by the number of men who were dispatched to the front under 
the operations of the selective service system. How splendidly the draft 
law was administered in the county is shown by the reports of the 
registration and exemption boards appearing on later pages. But we 
were also represented in the fighting ranks by large numbers of vol- 
unteers, and the earliest and largest bodies of stalwart young fighters 
who went from Davenport into the new United States army were 
Batteries B and D and the Supply Company, approximately 500 men, 
who were mustered into federal service in June and August, 1917. 

These young men, trained and equipped as far as our local patriot- 
ism could make them, were an example of Scott county's preparedness 
for the war. Before we were at war patriotic citizens of the county had 
encouraged the formation of Battery B and joined in buying land and 
erecting buildings, at a cost of over $75,000, that it might have what 
military men declared after its completion to be a model home armory. 

The history of the Batteries was one of arduous service. For most 
of them it led not to the field of glory. As they came home at the close 
of the war many of the batterymen felt, some quite bitterly, that as 
National Guard organizations they had been shamefully discriminated 
against in favor of the regular army. As an organization, the battalions 
of field artillery from the Iowa National Guard had no opportunity. 
They were kept for months on the Mexican border, were drawn from 
for replacements, were filled again with raw recurits, and only sailed 
for Europe fifteen months after Battery B had left Davenport. 

A record of battery movements furnished by Captain Truitt runs as 
follows : 

Battery B mustered into state service June 10, 1915. Left for 
Sparta, Wis., August 8, 1915, for ten days' training. Returned August 
17, 1915. 

Ordered mobilized for Mexican border service June 20, 1916. Left 
Davenport for Camp Dodge June 26th, arrived June 27th. Left Camp 
Dodge for Brownsville, Texas, July 24th, arrived July 28th. The Iowa 
battalion made a good showing on the border, as shown by War De- 
partment records. Left Brownsville, December 15th, arrived home De- 
cember 24th; mustered out of active service December 29, 1916. 

Battery D was organized and accepted for state service June 10, 
1917. 

First Battalion, Iowa Field Artillery, of which Battery B was a part, 
ordered mobilized June 23, 1917. Left for Fort Des Moines, June 27th, 
arriving there same day. Mustered into federal service June 30th. Left 
for Fort Logan H. Roots, Ark., July 1st, arrived July 3d. Assisted in 

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training candidates of the first officers' training camp at that place. 
Left Fort Logan H. Roots, October 5th, arrived at Camp- Cody, Deming, 
N. M., October 8, 1917. 

Battery D mustered into federal service and left for Camp Cody, 
August 4, 1917. 

First Iowa Field Artillery, which became the 126th F. A., remained 
at Camp Cody undergoing intensive training until July 3, 1918. 

At Camp Cody the Batteries and Supply Company were held for 
nearly a year, and during that period the policy of detaching members 
for replacements reduced the Scott county personnel of the Batteries 
by about one-half. The Supply Company remained practically intact, 
a Scott county organization, but drafts on the Batteries for replacements 
left only a skeleton organization of officers and non-com's, and first- 
class privates. The Batteries were filled in with drafted men from New 
Mexico and Texas. 

Later the number of Scott county men in the 126th was further 
reduced by an exchange of non-commissioned officers with the 125th 
Field Artillery, from Minnesota, which took about twenty-five men from 
each battery, most of them original members, and gave the regiment in 
return that many new non-com's. 

July 3, 1918, the 126th Field Artillery, including what was left of 
Batteries B and D, left Camp Cody for Fort Sill, Okla., for ten weeks' 
intensive training. 

The regiment left Fort Sill, September 13, 1918, for Camp Upton, 
N. Y., the embarkation camp. France and overseas service at last 
seemed in prospect. 

Arrived Camp Upton, September 17th. Issued clothing, supplies, 
and took overseas physical examinations. Left Camp Upton, September 
24th for Hoboken, and went aboard the English transport Kashmir the 
same day. Dropped down the river and anchored overnight, and put 
to sea September 25, 1918, at 2 p. m. 

There were two negro labor battalions and some casual companies 
on the same boat. In the convoy were twelve transports, practically all 
English; battleship Louisiana, cruiser St. Louis, and one destroyer. 
Entered submarine zone October 5, 1918. 

At this point occurred the most thrilling experience entered on the 
Battery log. Two days out the convoy encountered storms and was in 
storms all the rest of the way across. In a very severe storm and ex- 
tremely heavy seas on the morning of October 6, 1918, the transport 
Kashmir collided with the transport Otranto, near the Isle of Islay, 
The Otranto was hit square amidships and had a very large hole made 
In her. The bow of the Kashmir was very badly smashed, the water- 
tight doors in the bow preventing the water coming in very fast. It 
was two hours before those on the Kashmir felt at all secure. The 
Otranto tried to reach a sandy beach but went on the rocks and broke 
up, about 400 lives being lost. 

The balance of the convoy except the Kashmir made for Liverpool 
with one destroyer as an escort. The Kashmir made for Guirock on 
the Clyde river; went inside the submarine nets at 12 p. m., the 6th. 
Sailed up the Clyde and landed at Glasgow, Scotland, October 7th. Dis- 



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embarked and went by rail to Winchester, a rest camp, arriving Octo- 
ber 8th. 

Left Winchester, October 11th for Southampton, where regiment 
boarded an old Fall River boat, the Narragansett. Started across the 
English channel at midnight and landed at LaHavre at 5:30 a. m., Oc- 
tober 12th; debarked at 7:30 a. m. and marched to rest camp. 

October 14th left camp and went by rail to village of LaMarque, 
near Bordeaux, arriving October 17th. Were billeted in the village of 
LaMarque — the first American troops in the village. Rested and 
started training in preparation for another schooling at Camp DeSouge, 
an artillery firing school. 

Left LaMarque 8:30 a. m., November 1st and marched toward De 
Souge; arrived there in afternoon of November 2d. Started final train- 
ing there November 4th, before going to the front. The course in the 
opinion of the Battery men was not as good as the one at Fort Sill. 
Regiment was taking it when armistice was signed. 

November 21st the regiment received orders to turn in all material 
and equipment, the school was discontinued, and orders were to prepare 
to return to the United States. November 29th marched out of DeSouge 
at 7:30 a. m., for Camp Genicart 2, which w^as our embarkation camp. 
Marched through Bordeaux on the way, our band and regiment being 
very highly applauded on the march through the city. Arrived at em- 
barkation camp at 3:25 p. m. 

Tiresome wait until December 23d, when we marched from camp at 
1:30 p. m. and went aboard the transport Pocahontas about 3 a. m., 
December 24th. Dropped down the Gironde river that day, and put to 
sea on Christmas morning. 

Good entertainment marked the trip home, especially Christmas and 
New Year's, which were spent at sea. Arrived at Newport News the 
night of January 4, 1919, having sighted Cape Henry at 5:10 p. m. De- 
barked January 5th, and went to Camp Stuart. Left January 12th for 
Camp Dodge to be mustered out. Mustered out January 20, 1919. 

At the muster out about fifty Scott county boys were left in each 
Battery and sixty in the Supply Company, 



Registration Board of the City 
of Davenport 



By Thomas W. Griggs, Secretary 



On May 19, 1917, the day after President Wilson approved the selec- 
tive service law, the City Board of Registration was appointed. 

The members of this Board of Registration were Nathaniel French, 
Thomas W. Griggs, and Dr. Wm. A. Stoecks, who later resigned in 
favor of Dr. Wm. L. Allen. 

The board was organized the same day with offices at 608 Putnam 
Building, and the work, preliminary to the registration of the young 
men between the ages of 21 and 31, inclusive, immediately commenced. 

June 5, 1917, by proclamation of the President, was made the day of 
registration. As nearly as practicable the eighteen voting precincts of 
this city were used for places of registration. 

By May 22d eighteen chief registrars and eighty-one registrars were 
appointed, whose duties were to fill out registration cards and issue 
registration certificates to all who registered. 

On the evening of May 23d a meeting of registrars was held at the 
Council Chamber of the City Hall, at which time the registrars present 
were sworn in and were instructed by Judge Nathaniel French as to 
the duties imposed upon them by their oath. 

June 4th another meeting of the registrars was held and final in- 
structions given them. Supplies of registration cards and certificates 
were given the chief registrars. Each chief registrar had before this 
meeting reported that his particular registration place was in readiness 
for the following day. 

June 5, 1917, the day of registration, passed quietly with no disturb- 
ances. Owing to the patriotism of the manufacturers of the city, who 
allowed their men to go to the registration places during working hours, 
a steady stream of men were registered throughout the day and no 
congestion was noted during the early hours of the morning or the later 
hours toward the close of registration. 

The registration places were closed to registrants at 9 p. m., and a 
few minutes after 9 reports as to the number of registrants registered 
in each precinct began to come in to the office of the central board. 
These reports showed that approximately 4,982 men were registered in 
the city of Davenport. 

By midnight the registration cards were turned in to the central 
registration board by the chief registrars of the eighteen precincts. 
The cards were arranged alphabetically by precincts and a list made 
from them, one of which was given to and published by the news- 
papers. 

After these lists were gotten out a copy of each registration card was 
made and later sent to the Adjutant-General at Des Moines. 

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Local Exemption Board, Division No. 1 



By Dr. Kuxo H. Struck. Secretary 



April 6, 1917, the United States entered the world conflict. At last 
the martial spirit of our great nation was aroused. It was obvious that, 
in order to bring the great struggle to a speedy close, we would have to 
bring forth our full man power. It was plain that something more than 
the volunteer sj^stem, something more than the old draft laws of the 
Civil War would be required to be compatible with our present ideals 
of democracy and at the same time muster men in sufficient numbers. 

May 18, 1917, marked the passage of the selective service law. It 
provided for the registration of all men between the ages of 21 and 30, 
inclusive, and for drafting of certain numbers of such men, in a way so 
as to produce the least possible hardship on dependents and on the in- 
dustrial and agricultural equilibrium of the country. The administra- 
tion of the law was fundamentally placed in the hands of civilians. 
The country was divided into districts and subdivisions, placed respec- 
tively under the jurisdiction of district and local boards. The local 
boards were to deal mainly with questions of dependency, whereas the 
district boards were to act as boards of review and also to have direct 
charge of industrial and agricultural claims. 

June 5, 1917, the first registration took place. About 10,000,000 men 
were registered in a single day. 

By the end of June the President had appointed the men selected to 
serve on the various boards, and the great draft machinery was ready 
for operation. 

M. J. Malloy, R. T. Armil, and Dr. Kuno H. Struck were named as 
members of Local Board, Division No. 1, Davenport, Iowa, with jurisdic- 
tion covering the First, Second, and Third wards of the city of Daven- 
port. 

July 3, 1917, this board met for the first time at a joint meeting of 
the two city boards and the Scott County Board. At this meeting the 
boards were formally organized. M. J. Malloy was chosen chairman 
and Dr. Struck, secretary of Local Board No. 1. 

The next day work was oflicially started at the board headquarters 
established in the private office of Dr. Struck. The first task was to 
assign the serial numbers to the registration cards and prepare the lists. 

July 20, 1917, the first drawing took place. Crowds gathered early 
at the newspaper offices eagerly watching the numbers as they were 
flashed from Washington; simultaneously the board got its initial bom- 
bardment of questions. The telephone wires were sputtering: "What 
is my number, and when do I go?" "When does my boy have to go?" 
"Had I better quit my job?" Of course it was but natural to expect 
such questions, yet we were not used to it; it seemed hard to answer, 
particularly when the party at the other end of the line did not give 

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his name or address; we evidently did not know at that time just what 
we were expected to know. 

Besides there were some extraordinary surprises; for instance one 
woman called up and said: "Can't you fix it so my husband goes first?" 
The bombardment kept up all day and a good part of the night. All 
kinds of wild rumors were afloat. People did not understand the dif- 
ference between serial and order numbers. Some men were sure they 
would be in camp the next morning: many a heart was aching, and 
many a farewell indulged in, only to be repeated again months later. 
There was still a great deal of work to do before any men could be sent 
to camp. 

Quotas were allotted to the different boards. Board No. 1 was 
called on for fifty-seven men, having received its credits for the men 
who had previously enlisted in the Batteries. .Some 232 men were now 
called and given an opportunity to present their claims. Those men 
who claimed no exemption and the few whose claims were not meritori- 
ous were next called for examination. 

Meanwhile a medical staff had been organized in order to handle the 
examinations as expeditiously as possible. Dr. E. F. Strohbehn, Dr. F. 
Neufeld, Dr. Hugh P. Barton, and Dr. Karl Vollmer were named as 
additional examiners for Local Board No. 1. Dr. B. H. Schmidt was 
asked to take the place of Dr. Barton, who enlisted. Later Drs. Weber, 
Starbuck, and Glynn were added to the staff. It would indeed be dif- 
ficult to find words to express the praise due the members of the 
medical profession who so willingly donated their time and service. 
They were ever ready to do their bit, even during the trying months of 
1918 when the influenza was rampant. 

Our first contingent left for Camp Dodge September 5, 1917. The 
selected men were eager to go; in fact some men whose numbers w^ere 
deferred begged to go. It was an event in the history of Davenport. 
Many people were astir, even at that early morning hour, and escorted 
the boys to the depot. True it was but a handful of men, but it was 
Davenport's first contingent. We were actually at war! America that 
day mobilized the nucleus of the great draft army; an army of real 
fighting m^en which was destined to clinch the overthrow of autocracy. 

September 23, 1917, a larger contingent was sent to Camp Dodge. 
The boys were given a send-off. Crowds filled the streets as the boys 
marched to the depot headed by Old Glory and a band. Certainly the 
martial spirit had taken hold; it was apparent everywhere. Men and 
women, old and young, in fact everybody felt the thrill of patriotism 
and were fully conscious of the duties and the responsibilities confront- 
ing us in the world's greatest w^ar, and all seemed imbued with the firm 
determination to do their bit. 

Events on the other side of the Atlantic made our government feel 
that we must do our utmost. More men and more men would be re- 
quired. The experience of mobilizing the first contingents had sug- 
gested many innovations. It was determined that it was but prudent 
to classify all men registered. Accordingly new forms were prepared, 
and December 15, 1917, a new set of regulations became effective. The 
boards, too, Avere prepared for greater activities. Chief clerks, as- 



32 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

sistants, and stenographers were employed. Miss Gertrude Laverenz, 
who had served since the early days of the board, was named chief 
clerk for Local Board, Division No. 1. 

A questionnaire was now mailed to every registrant; this he was re- 
quired to carefully fill out and return. The questionnaires were rather 
complicated and in order to help the men in filling them out a legal 
advisory board was created, the members of which were Judge M. F. 
Donegan, Charles Grilk, and J. W. Bollinger. These men, assisted by 
practically the entire legal profession, worked from early morning 
until late at night helping any registrants who sought their aid. Like 
the members of the medical profession their services were rendered 
entirely gratuitously. 

Our government appeal agent, A. W. Hamann, too, had his share of 
the burden. It was his lot to check up classifications from the side of 
the government and recommend reopening or to appeal any cases which 
might deserve further reconsideration. 

The boards were now indeed busy — everybody was working — the 
great draft machine had gained its full momentum. We had over two 
thousand men to classify — each questionnaire had to be studied; doubt- 
ful cases had to be investigated, and in many instances men and families 
had to be called for personal interviews. There were endless problems 
which required attention; the great problems of industry and labor, 
the laws of demand and supply, financial and sociological conditions — 
all had to be studied and given consideration. Besides there were the 
endless changes in regulations. Registr.ants, too, were uncertain as to 
what procedures to follow — in fact the whole system was an innovation. 
The board was the logical place to get information, consolation, and 
everything else. There were many amusing and sad incidents. Often 
we were so busj^^ that it was hard to smile while listening to the airing 
of a family quarrel, or to stop and give kindly advice to some poor 
hubby who had just, weathered the blows of a rolling pin or the ad- 
vancements of a belligerent mother-in-law. And yet it was a wonderful 
opportunity to study human nature; we learned to know our fellow-men 
as we had never known them before. There was an endless kaleido- 
scopic array of pathos, of humor, of love and devotion, of hate and 
jealousy, and every other human attribute found in Pandora's box. 

Yet those were our trying days. Our full responsibilities were in- 
deed requisitioned. The boards stood between the law and one hundred 
million people on one side and the individual on the other. Each was 
entitled to a full measure of justice and it was our endeavor tO' give it. 

During the winter several contingents were sent to various camps. 
The calls for artisans were very popular, more men volunteering, as a 
rule, than could possibly be taken care of. From now on contingents of 
men left at intervals, the work of classification and examination of the 
class of 1917 having been completed. 

A great task imposed on the boards was the carding of every man 
as to his vocation. This work however was taken off our hands by a 
vocational board constituted of principals of the public schools. A. I. 
Naumann, R. P. Redfield, and John Hornby were the members of the 
board. These men, with the generous assistance of the teachers of the 



SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA 33 

various schools, not only lent their able and helping hands in this par- 
ticular work but upon numerous other occasions rendered invaluable 
services. It would be most ungrateful to omit mentioning that from 
time to time students of the High School and students of Brown's Busi- 
ness College, as well as quite a few patriotic ladies and gentlemen 
donated their assistance, without which it would have been impossible 
to have accomplished some of the work in the time allotted. 

June 5, 1918, another registration was consummated. This gave us 
190 new registrants. These men were at once classified and by the 
middle or end of July were ready to be sent to camp. 

July, 1918, was a very busy month. Many calls were now pending. 
The August 24th registration was already a foregone conclusion and 
preparations were made accordingly. On July 26, 1918, 276 men were 
to be sent to Camp Pike. Some days before notices had been sent to 
the selected men. Inadvertently one notice had not gone out with the 
morning mail but left the office late in the afternoon. About 7 o'clock 
that evening the telephone rang and some one in Northwest Davenport 
complained: "Why is it that I am not called to go? I am a class one 
man, and I want to go." After assurance that his notice would reach 
him in the morning, came a cheerful, "thank you." 

Davenport may have been slandered at times as to the loyalty of 
some of its citizens. Men may have had different opinions, different 
conceptions as to facts, and different ideas as to politics, but we have 
been gratified to find that with perhaps a very few exceptions every 
man was or wanted to be true to the flag which floats over the land in 
which he or his forefathers had chosen to settle, the place which he 
calls home and from whose golden fields he, directly or indirectly, 
reaps the harvests which keeps him and his posterity. Never, except 
perhaps on November 11, 1918, did we feel the spell of real patriotism 
as on the morning of July 26, 1918, when amidst a pouring rain the 276 
boys and the assembled crowd marched to the train, singing as they 
never sang before to the tune of "Over There." 

July 31, 1918, another contingent left for Camp Forrest, practically 
depleting Class 1 of the class of June 5, 1917. 

The August registration gave us forty more registrants. These' men 
were quickly classified and examined. Speed was now imperative. 
Class 1 would soon be exhausted. Another registration was imminent. 
The bill when passed required all men between the ages of 18 and 45, in- 
clusive, to register, excepting those already registered or in the service. 
Registration took place September 12, 1918, the entire work being again 
completed in a single day, and practically without expense to the gov- 
ernment. Thirty-five hundred and twelve more registrants were now 
added to our lists, being an increase of 54 per cent over the number of 
men registered June 5, 1917, and giving us a total of over 6,000 reg- 
istrants. 

The amount of work confronting us was indeed stupendous. Every 
mail brought fresh orders to speed up. Call after call came for more 
men. The influenza epidemic was on; calls had to be canceled or 
suspended; the task of classifying and examining the new registrants 
was handicapped. Fortunately the government had allotted us a soldier 



34 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

clerk. Fred Gosch, of this city, having been assigned to our board in 
this capacity, rendered most valuable services. Notwithstanding all 
the set-backs our work, as far as the men between the ages of 18 and 
86 were concerned, was completed when the whistles blew. November 
11, 1918, the armistice was signed and the longed for peace and 
victory were at last realities. Words would be inadequate to describe 
the pandemonium which reigned that day. Joy knew no bounds. 
Never before had the streets of Davenport seen such crowds and such 
merriment. Everybody was out doing something. Amidst the din and 
roar our last contingent reported for entrainment. We had anxiously 
awaited orders canceling the inductions but none came. Not until 
the men were about to entrain were the schedules canceled. The boys 
were accordingly at once given a tentative discharge. 

Apparently the work of the boards was over. Orders came in quick 
succession to conclude our work by December 10, 1918. December 9th, 
however, new work was again outlined which kept the boards in opera- 
tion. However, final orders were to forward all records to Washington 
and to close the boards on March 31, 1919. 

Looking back over the past year and a half one cannot help being 
impressed with the results accomplished in such a short period of time. 
The selective service system has proven its efficiency; yet it was not the 
system, but the spirit of the nation back of it, which made all things 
possible. It was love for our country, our ideals, and our flag which 
prompted us to lavish our treasures and efforts; it was the spirit of 
true patriotism which united us in our determination to win, and to 
establish the great principles of freedom and justice which make life 
worth living not only for us but for all posterity. 



Aid for French Orphans 



France and Belgium, an inspiration to the United States from the 
commencement of the war, had the help as well as the admiration of 
our community whenever their call for succor came across the sea. 
What was done for the Belgians is told in the Lend-a-Hand and other 
reports appearing elsewhere in this volume. There was one organiza- 
tion, however, with a distinctive and praiseworthy work — the Commit- 
tee on Adoption of French Orphans. This committee had ten sub- 
committees working throughout the state, and expected to continue its 
work as long as the need existed. At the time a report on the work was 
asked, it had secured the adoption of 554 orphans. Members of the 
committee were: Mrs. G. W. French, Chairman; Mrs. J. W. Bollinger, 
Vice-chairman; Frank Yetter, Treasurer; Mrs. H. V. Scott, Assistant 
Treasurer; Misses Katharine Walsh, Elizabeth Putnam, Julia Ryan, 
and Mesdames Robert C. Ficke, J. R. Harper, Alfred C. Mueller, William 
T. Waterman, Gordon F. Harkness, Edward K. Putnam, R. J. Clausen, 
and J. Reed Lane. 



Local Exemption Board, Division No. 2 



By Thomas W. Griggs, Secretary 



Local Board for Division No. 2 of the city of Davenport was organ- 
ized July 3, 1917. 

Members of the board were Nathaniel French, chairman; Dr. Wm. 
L, Allen, surgeon, and Thomas W. Griggs, clerk. They had previously 
served as members of the city registration board. 

Under their jurisdiction were the registrants of the Fourth, Fifth, 
and Sixth wards. The total number of men coming under their juris- 
diction during the period of the war was 7,471 men, divided into the 
different classes as follows: Those registered as of June 5, 1917, 2,749. 
Those registered as of June 5, 1918, 288, and those registered as of Sep- 
tember 12, 1918, 4,434. 

When the armistice was signed November 11, 1918, there were 2,295 
men yet to be classified, all of whom were in the class of September 12, 
1918, and who were between the ages of 37 to 45, inclusive. The Local 
Board for Division No. 2 had therefore classified when the armistice 
was signed 5,163 men. 

In Class No. 1 were 1,679 men. In Class No. 2 were 275 men. In 
Class No. 3 were 451 men. In Class No. 4 were 1,783 men. In Class No. 
5 were 875 men. Cancellation of registration cards by the Adjutant- 
General of Iowa, by reason of the death of registrants, or on account of 
errors of registration numbered thirteen. 

Local Board for Division No. 2 inducted into service 917 men, not 
including men who were rejected at camp for physical defects. This 
does not include 278 men residing in the area of the board who vol- 
untarily enlisted in the army and navy after being registered nor those 
who enlisted prior to registration. 

Thirty-six men of Class No. 1 were reported to the Adjutant-Gen- 
eral of the state of Iowa as deserters because of failure to send in 
questionnaires to report for physical examination or other causes. It 
is the opinion of the board that only two of these men were willful 
deserters. 

In Class No. 2 there were 116 men whose classification was de- 
ferred by the district board for the southern district of Iowa on the 
ground that they were necessary skilled industrial laborers engaged in 
necessary industrial enterprises. 

Men placed in Class No. 3 because they were supporting dependent, 
aged, or infirm parents numbered 106. 

There were 253 men granted deferred classification in Class No. 3 
because they were necessary artificers or workmen in the United States 
armory or arsenal. 

In Class No. 4 there were 1,776 men whose wives or children were 
mainly dependent on their labor for support. 

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36 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

In Class No. 5 were placed 278 men who were in the military or 
naval service of the United States. 

There were 71 men classified as alien enemies. 

There were 232 men who claimed exemption as resident aliens (not 
alien enemies). 

There were 347 men totally and permanently physically or mentally 
unfit for military service. 

In endeavoring to ascertain the number of men who resided under 
the jurisdiction of Local Board for Division No. 2, who served in the 
army or navy of the United States, we must take into consideration the 
great number of men who joined the service before they were required 
to register. By inquiry we were enabled to find 325 men who were not 
registered and who enlisted in the army or navy. The soldiers and 
sailors therefore residing under the jurisdiction of Local Board for 
Division No. 2 who were inducted or enlisted numbered at least 1,525, 
which is about six per cent of the total population of this area. About 
four per cent of the population of the United States served in the 
army or navy. In other words we believe that fifty per cent more men 
residing in the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth wards of Davenport responded 
to the call to the colors than the average locality of the same size 
throughout the United States. 

In closing I take the liberty of quoting the report of personal ex- 
periences which we made to the Provost Marshal General of the United 
States: 

"We came into most intimate contact with all classes of people, 
learned of their trials and tribulations, their fears and hopes, their 
opinions, prejudices, and feelings, and their histories, sometimes con- 
taining faults and crimes carefully concealed from the world. While 
much was commonplace, there was also much that was sad and pathetic, 
much that was noble, and also much that was amusing. There was very 
little that was base or cowardly. The patriotism which displays itself 
in frothy enthusiasm was the exception, but the quiet, grim patriotism 
based upon a real regard for country and a sense of duty was the rule. 
This dominant feeling on the part of the registrants was of the enduring 
character that lasts to the end, and made the draft a wonderful success. 

"The percentage of 'slackers' was very slight, much lower than the 
general opinion would place it. Where there was one 'slacker' trying 
to escape service there were a great many registrants entitled to 
deferred classification who made great sacrifices in order to enter 
military service. While we often received information, especially by 
anonymous letters, that certain men were 'slackers' investigation in 
nearly all cases showed the charges were baseless, and some of the men 
thus accused had waived deferred classification and had been rejected 
for physical defects. Taking the draft as a whole our experiences 
were such as to increase our confidence in the average American as 
a man and as a patriotic citizen, wholly irrespective of his racial 
descent." 



Local Board for Scott County, Iowa 



By Lyxette Brownlie. Chief Clerk 



On the 28th day of June, 1917, the President appointed the members 
of local boards, who were to operate the machinery of the draft law and 
raise an army. And on July 4, 1917, this board held its first meeting 
and became known as the Scott County Local Board. 

It consisted of three members — Geo. D. Frye, chairman, R. R. No. 5, 
Davenport; R. K. Brownlie, secretary, Long Grove; Dr. J. C. Teufel, 
physician, Buffalo. 

The original draft law carried with it no provision for clerical help, 
and all the detail of preparing the individual papers of 1,932 reg- 
istrants of the first registration of June 5, 1917, for the Local Board of 
Scott County was successfully conducted by the patriotic men who 
donated their time and services cheerfully and willingly until the close 
of the draft. 

The board recalls with great appreciation the efficient work of the 
registrars of the different townships throughout the county who gave 
their time and services gratuitously, registering each registrant both 
in this first and the following registrations. 

After a short but efficient service Dr. J. C. Teufel resigned as phy- 
sician of this board, and Dr. J. D. Blything, Bettendorf, was appointed 
August 1, 1917. On September 5, 1917, we sent our first contingent of 
eight men to Camp Dodge, and on September 19, 1917, our second con- 
tingent of sixty-seven men to the same camp. A large number of these 
two drafts nobly volunteered their services. These two groups com- 
prising all the men sent by our board under the first regulations. 

A new set of regulations and forms became effective on December 15, 

1917, and in accordance with these Rudolph Postel, of Davenport, became 
chief clerk of the board, and Lynette Brownlie, of Davenport, was ap- 
pointed clerk to assist in the increased burden which the individual 
questionnaire and correspondence with each registrant entailed. 

After six months of devoted service donated to the work, Dr. J. D. 
Blything enlisted, and the local board takes great pride in his military 
record both here and in France. He was succeeded by Dr. J. D. Cant- 
well, who was appointed February 14, 1918, and served very efficiently 
for four months, when he also enlisted. 

Dr. G. B. Maxwell, of Davenport, was appointed physician June 27, 

1918, and served until the end of the draft work. Rudolph Postel 
severed his connection with the board May 1, 1918, and Lynette Brown- 
lie was appointed chief clerk and served until the draft work was com- 
pleted and records shipped to Washington. 

Henry Jebens was appointed government appeal agent August 3, 
1917, and held this position continuously. The registrations of June, 
August, and September, 1918, brought a need for added help, and Miss 



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Grace Seaman, of Davenport, was appointed clerk and served until the 
work was completed. 

In compiling our final data a number of interesting statistics were 
brought out. In the June 5, 1917, registration 1,942 were registered; in 
June and August, 1918, were added 215, and on September 12, 1918, there 
were registered 2,384, a grand total of 4,531. Of this total 1,350 were 
placed in Class No. 1; 620 were sent into the service, leaving us a 
creditable number ready for service when the armistice was signed. In 
Classes Nos. 2 and 3 were placed 414 men. The greater portion of these 
were so classified on agricultural claims. 

In Class No. 4 were placed 1,154 married registrants with dependent 
claims. Class No. 5 brought to our attention one of the most astound- 
ing phases of all our draft work, when we found that ten per cent of all 
our registrants were aliens. Among these some friendly aliens, but a 
surprising number who claimed exemption on the grounds of their non- 
citizenship. 

After the signing of the armistice all registrants' (over 36 years of 
age) names were canceled from the classification list. The delinquents 
were gratifyingly few, and these mostly the result of illiteracy and 
ignorance. 

In addition to these lists we point with pride to some sixty vol- 
unteers, residents of our county, who enlisted outside the bounds of our 
county and state, many of whom have made the supreme sacrifice and 
now sleep in France. 

When the final work of the draft boards in Iowa was being compiled 
extra clerical help was required to bring the work to completion. 
Orders came from the Provost Marshal General to the state headquarters 
at Des Moines to call for assistance on the chief clerks of local boards 
whose work was completed. It was a matter of some gratification to us 
that our chief clerk was one among eight in the state of Iowa so 
selected. On reporting to the state headquarters Captain Bissel, Gov- 
ernment Inspector of Draft Records, made the fiattering assertion that 
the three boards in Scott county had made the best record of any boards 
in the state of Iowa. 



Recruiting for the Army 



During the war Davenport was the central recruiting point for the 
eastern third of Iowa, the recruits from forty counties, in many of 
which were sub-recruiting stations, being sent to Davenport and from 
here to army posts, most of them going to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. 
Sometimes these husky young Iowa volunteers came here in large com- 
panies, and when word of their coming preceded them, the larger 
groups were met at the station by a committee of the Council of Defense, 
with a band, and were entertained until they went on their way. 

These volunteers were from other Iowa counties. From Scott 
county there went into the service about 2,200 men, inducted under the 
selective service act, and as the records in the County Auditor's office 
show nearly 4,500 men from the county in the service, some 2,300 must 
have gone into the army and navy as volunteers. Batteries B and D 
and the Supply Company account for 500 of these. The others volun- 
teered at various times and places — several as far away as Canada. 

As throwing further light on volunteer enlistments in Scott county 
and Iowa the following letter in answer to an inquiry sent the War De- 
partment is worthy of a place here: 

War Department, the Adjutatntt General's Office, 

Washington, May 14, 1919. 
Editor of History of War Activities of Scott County, loiua: 

Dear Sir: — In response to your letter of the 9th inst, in which you 
requested to be furnished with figures showing the number of men from 
Scott county, Iowa, who enlisted in the army during the period of 
hostilities, I have the honor to inform you as follows: 

The records of this office show that a total of 410 residents of Scott 
county, Iowa, were enlisted in the military service as volunteers during 
the period of hostilities, including 348 residents of the city of Daven- 
port. This figure does not, however, include enlistments in the regular 
army and the National Guard between April 6 and July 1, 1917, figures 
by counties not having been compiled during that period and it being 
now impracticable to compile them. The total number of voluntary 
enlistments credited to the entire state of Iowa between April 2, 1917, 
and the time when voluntary enlistments were discontinued amounted 
to 26,833, of whom 10,441, or nearly 39 per cent, were enlisted between 
April 2 and July 1, 1917. 

Very respectfully, 

J. T. Kerr. 
Adjutant General, in charge of office. 



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Recruiting for the Navy 



The Naval Recruiting Station at Davenport was a busy place all 
through the war, and inquiry of Lieut. Geo. E. Ketterer, Recruiting 
Officer in charge of the main station at Des Moines, brings word that 
enlistments here were most gratifying in number. In the course of the 
letter he says: 

U. S. Navy Recruiting Statiox, 
Old Postoffice Building, 
Des Moines, Iowa, March 27, 1919. 

Editor of History of War Activities of Scott County, Iowa: 

In reply to yours of March 17th, I am enclosing herewith table show- 
ing enlistments and enrollments at the Des Moines main station and 
the various sub-stations during the war, in which you will see that 
Davenport was second of the sub-stations in the state, and I am of the 
opinion that it would have been the leading station had it not been for 
the short distance to Chicago and Great Lakes, as a great many recruits 
took advantage of the training station at Great Lakes for the purpose 
of enlisting and getting into the service as soon as possible. 

Of course, Des Moines takes a big lead for the reason that all en- 
listments coming from various parts of the state direct to Des Moines 
are credited to Des Moines regardless of what counties they came from, 
and the enlistments and enrollments credited to the various sub- 
stations are those that applied in person at the respective sub-stations. 

A history is now being compiled at Great Lakes of the war activities 
and the results of different recruiting stations, and I was informed 
while in Chicago by one of the men in charge of the work, that per 
capita, Iowa is leading the entire United States in the number of en- 
listments and enrollments. 

The station at Davenport during the war was in charge of Chief 
Master at Arras James M. Sullivan, now deceased, and he was ably 
assisted in all his activities by I. Deutsch, of the Deutsch Advertising 
System, who was very active at all times in assisting the Naval Recruit- 
ing Station. 

The success of recruiting is not by any means due to the navy re- 
cruiting force but the great assistance given by the daily papers of the 
state as well as the weekly publications and the hearty co-operation 
from all organizations in the various cities, made it possible to make 
such a wonderful record for this state. 

Yours very truly, 

Geo. E. Ketterer, 
Lieut. U. S. N. R. F., Recruiting Officer. 

Enlistments and enrollments as reported by Lieut. Ketterer, April 
6, 1917, to November 11, 1918: 

Station Enrollments Enlistments Total 

Des Moines 1,959 2,235 4,194 

Burlington 144 219 363 

Cedar Rapids 231 449 680 

Davenport 196 353 549 

Dubuque 134 15 149 

Ft. Dodge 183 276 459 

Mason City 151 162 313 

Red Oak 132 100 232 

Waterloo 146 309 455 

Totals 3,276 4,118 7,394 

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The American Red Cross 

Scott County Chapter 



By Clarence M. Cochrane, Secretary 



The aged governor of one of the stricken and battered French prov- 
inces not long ago stated that, though France had long known of 
America's greatness, it remained for the American Red Cross in this 
war to reveal America's heart. The Scott County Chapter of the Red 
Cross is but a small unit of that wonderful organization, yet the truth 
of the remark is better realized when one contemplates the spirit of 
sacrifice and patriotism which has pervaded the work of the Red Cross 
in this community. It is a glorious record upon the pages of local his- 
tory. No words can pay adequate tribute to the loyalty, determination, 
and splendid efforts of thousands upon thousands of the women of this 
county, the children w^ho did their bit through the Junior Red Cross, 
and the men who gave their counsel and their financial support. 

While the local chapter was officially designated as the "Davenport 
Chapter," its jurisdiction extended throughout all of Scott county, and a 
big part of its support came from the people of the rural districts. 

This review necessarily must be a limited one, but some idea of the 
results obtained by the local chapter during the war may be gathered 
from the following facts: 

Within ten days after the United States entered the war, April 6, 
1917, the chapter was organized, officers and directors elected, commit- 
tees appointed, auxiliaries perfected, and in a short time the work was 
well under way. Officers and committee chairmen were: 

Chairman — Charles Grilk. 

Vice-Chairman — Mrs. E. C. Roberts. 

Secretary — C. M. Cochrane. 

Assistant Secretary — Anna Garstang. 

Treasurer — Charles Shuler. 

Assistant Treasurer — Louis G. Bein. 

Surgical Dressings — Mrs. J. Reed Lane. 

Knitting— Mrs. Elizabeth Birdsall. 

Garments — Mrs. Walter Chambers. 

Home Service — Mrs. C. A. Ficke. 

Canteen — Mrs. Dick R. Lane. 

Junior— Mrs. Julius Ficke and Mrs. A. 0. Sheriff. 

Motor Corps — Miss Alice French. 

Registration and Personnel — Miss Anna Garstang, 

Emergency Relief — J. L. Hecht. 

Membership — Dr. Raymond E. Peck. 

Finance — Joe R. Lane. 

County Branches — Mrs. Brett M. Cobb. 

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42 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

The first efforts were directed toward a campaign for membership. 
Previous to our entrance into the war there were probably not a dozen 
members of the Red Cross in the county — in fact the total membership 
in the whole United States had been less than 59,000. A short local 
campaign resulted in applications for 4,748 new memberships; at the 
time of the first Christmas roll call, in December, 1917, more than 21,000 
people either renewed their memberships or joined the organization as 
new members. The armistice came before another Christmas campaign, 
but in December, 1918, a total of more than 14,000 people joined cnce 
more and constitute the present strength of the chapter. 

Within a few weeks of the organization, suitable rooms were turned 
over by the Davenport Commercial Club for the active workers; 
branches were at work in the county; additional rooms were soon 
donated by the Putnam estate; classes in instruction were being held 
and the workers were ready to begin their task. The following depart- 
ments made up the complete organization: Surgical Dressings, Knit- 
ting, Garments, Educational Classes, Home Service Section, Canteen 
Work, Junior Red Cross, Motor Corps, Registration Department, Mem- 
bership, Finance, Bureau of Communication, Emergency Relief, Bureau 
of Personnel, and Bureau of Conservation. 

County branches were established at the following points: Big 
Rock, Fairview, Long Grove, Lincoln Township, Le Claire, Maysville, 
McCausland, Pleasant Valley, Princeton, Rockingham, Walcott, Blue 
Grass (town). Blue Grass rural routes, Bettendorf, Buffalo, Eldridge, 
Dixon, Donahue, and New Liberty. 

Other units were perfected at all the public and parochial schools, 
the churches, in clubs, small groups, social gatherings, and other organ- 
izations in the city of Davenport. They were so numerous that the 
limits of this article will not permit a list of them, but they are a part 
of the permanent records of the society and incorporated into its own 
reports. 

The Surgical Dressings department completed a total of 420,620 
articles and delivered them to central headquarters at Chicago, the 
Rock Island Arsenal, and the Emergency Hospital in Davenport. The 
Knitting department reports a total of 23,079 knitted articles made and 
properly delivered. A total of 13,865 hospital and refugee garments 
was turned in by the Garment department. 

These articles were the products of women's hands, and by the same 
token infinitely more precious than could have been the output of 
factories or machines. Going into the operating rooms of hospitals, to 
homeless or needy refugees, and carrying comfort to the American boys 
in the field, they conveyed a message of love from the women of this 
community entirely distinct from the great money value attaching to 
their handiwork. 

The children of the city and rural schools furnished 6,214 articles 
of wearing apparel, pillows, quilts, comforters, etc., besides large quan- 
tities of other material, such as bedside tables made by boys of the 
Manual Training Schools, scrap books, etc. 

The Canteen Committee of the local chapter worked jointly with the 
committee from Rock Island, meeting the troop . trains in that city 



SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA 43 

where the stops were usually made. The real activities of this depart- 
ment began in the winter of 1918, after the signing of the armistice and 
the movement of troops westward; they are still carrying on and will 
be busy for some time to come. Up to July 1, 1919, a total of 65,479 
men had been served with thousands of sandwiches, packages of chew- 
ing gum, and cigarettes, crackerjack, chocolate, etc. 

The Home Service section of the chapter established its headquarters 
and began the work of caring for the families of soldiers and sailors, 
leaning funds until the proper allowances could be secured from the 
government, if necessary giving outright financial assistance, securing 
free medical aid from the local physicians, surgeons, and dentists when 
required, and in short performing a thousand duties which had a great 
deal to do with keeping up the morale of the men who had entered the 
service. The efforts of this department did not stop with the end of 
hostilities; it is still doing a tremendous amount of good work, and its 
activities will not cease until all the men who went away to war have 
returned and are once more established in civil pursuits. 

That the benefits of the Red Cross are not always confined to the 
field of battle and military hospitals was amply demonstrated during 
the influenza epidemic which swept over this community last fall and 
winter, and through the quick action of the Emergency Relief Com- 
mittee, working in conjunction with the medical authorities at the Rock 
Island Arsenal, the local situation was met promptly and it is certain 
that fatalities from the dread disease were kept down to a minimum 
through the efforts of the general committee in charge. The Red Cross 
instituted, managed, and paid for the Emergency Hospital, organized 
and fully equipped it to meet the demands required of it. A great ser- 
vice was performed, and hundreds of patients were given the best of 
care and attention. The work of this institution brought from the 
Commandant at the Aresnal a personal letter of the highest commenda- 
tion. With almost 14,000 men employed at the Arsenal and living in 
the Tri-Cities, the Commandant stated: "The fact that we have suffered 
practically no interference in our work on account of this epidemic is 
due entirely to the efforts of your committee and the health officers of 
the three cities." 

The Emergency Relief Committee received the hearty and willing 
co-operation of the Motor Corps section of the Red Cross Chapter, which 
responded energetically to every call made upon it. The Motor Corps 
in fact was always ready for any call from any other department of the 
chapter; its services were invaluable and its accomplishments worthy 
of the highest praise. 

The Bureau of Personnel was in operation but a short time before 
its activities were stopped by the national headquarters, immediately 
after the signing of the armistice; its work had to do with the recruit- 
ing of young women for overseas duties, including canteen w^ork, 
hospital services, and clerical positions. Ten applications were re- 
ceived by this chapter, and a complete file was sent in for each ap- 
plicant, one being accepted for active duty. The Bureau of Conserva- 
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44 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

Belgian refugees, nut-shells for use in manufacturing gas masks, metals 
for various war purposes, and other objects. 

Financially, the local chapter of the Red Cross was organized and 
carried on in the soundest and most substantial manner. Under the 
regulations of the national society, a portion of the membership dues 
were retained for chapter use, and the balance forwarded to head- 
quarters in Washington and later in Chicago for the central division. 
Donations, proceeds of benefits, etc., poured into the treasury from in- 
numerable sources. As the expenses of the chapter for materials and 
supplies increased, it was decided to start a system of monthly cash 
pledges for the maintenance of the organization, and an average of 
$2,500 monthly came from this source alone up to the time it was dis- 
continued, December 1, 1918. In the two War Fund campaigns 25 per 
cent of the contributions were retained by the chapter and the re- 
mainder sent to the War Council at Washington. One item of more 
than $12,000 was received as net proceeds of the Red Cross County Fair, 
given in August, 1918, at Forest Park in one day, when more than 
13,000 people were in attendance. The following statement shows in 
detail the receipts under five general heads, and the total of disburse- 
ments and the cash on hand April 1, 1919, covering approximately two 
years of time. A monthly report has been made up and forwarded to 
the central division office, and the American Red Cross is thus able to 
keep in touch with its chapters throughout the nation. 

Received from memberships $ 42,191.15 

Received from donations, etc 50,306.23 

Received from monthly pledges 30,038.75 

Received from one-fourth of War Fund 15,005.08 

Received from County Fair . 12,617.06 

$159,158.27 
Disbursed 111,831.20 

Balance April 1, 1919 $ 38,327.07 

Total contributions received in the county for the first War Fund 
were $31,000 and in the second War Fund, $61,932. The 25 per cent re- 
turned out of the first fund did not go into the ordinary chapter 
receipts, but was administered as a separate fund. 

This report can best be concluded by a quotation from Henry P. 
Davison, the chairman of the American Red Cross War Council, in his 
annual message to the people of the United States last October: 

"The American Red Cross has become not so much an organization 
as a great movement, seeking to embody in organized form the spirit of 
service, the spirit of sacrifice — in short, all that is best and highest in 
the ideals and aspirations of our country. Indeed we cannot but believe 
that this wonderful spirit, which service in and for the Red Cross has 
evoked in this war, is destined to become in our national life an element 
of permanent value." 

Let it be so in Davenport and Scott County, Iowa. 



The Home Service Section 
American Red Cross 



By Mrs. C. A. Ficke. Chairman 



The Home Service Section of the Civilian Relief of the Davenport 
Red Cross has now been actively at work for over eighteen months. 

How great a help it has been during that time to hundreds of men 
in the service and their families, the public will perhaps never fully 
realize. 

With its officers, members, and assistants pledged to secrecy, all 
those whose husbands, sons, brothers, or sweethearts were in the service 
felt free to come to the Home Service with their troubles, knowing that 
they could do so in confidence. 

It was not until after the other departments of the Davenport Chap- 
ter of the Red Cross had been fully organized that the Home Service 
was established. 

Its officers and members as originally appointed were Mrs. C. A. 
Ficke, Chairman; Mrs. Lillian Moore, Secretary; Mrs. J. J. Richardson, 
Mrs. Nathaniel French, and Messrs. Charles Shuler, Charles Grilk, and 
William Heuer. 

After a few months Mrs. George White succeeded Mrs. Moore as 
Secretary. Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. French retired as members after 
six months of most efficient service. 

In its ever-increasing work the Home Service had the able assistance 
of Mrs. Cora M. Compton, Miss Helen Seiffert, Miss Marie Lorenzen, 
Mrs. Thomas Sharon, Mrs. Charles J. Johnson, Mrs. Arthur D. Ficke, 
and Miss Cossette Jones in the office, and these women also acted as 
friendly visitors together with Miss Elizabeth Putnam, Mrs. W. H. 
Adylette, Mrs. J. H. Buck, Mrs. C. R. Baker, Miss Mina Collins, Mrs. 
Anna Vannier, Mrs. J. W. Cooper, Mrs. Ernst Wilckens, Miss Alice 
Croul, Mrs. Fred Crouch, Mrs. C. T. Darling, Miss Margaret Durnin, 
Mrs. H. L. Huebotter, Miss Anna Haller, Mrs. 0. J. Hickey, Miss 
Louise Henigbaum, Miss Auguste Pasche, Mrs. W. G. Smith, Mrs. L. 
B. Somerby, and Miss Jennie Teele. 

A Home Service chairn:an in each of the ninteen branches in the 
townships and smaller towns of the county co-operated with the Home 
Service Office in Davenport in investigating cases. 

It need scarcely be stated that all the officers, members, and as- 
sistants gave their services free. 

In the beginning the Home Service had its headquarters at the 
rooms of the Ladies Industrial Relief Society. Later they were moved 
to the rooms of the Davenport Commercial Club, and finally when its 
work assumed large proportions, and there was need for greater 
privacy, the Home Service accepted the offer of an office, rent free, at 
No. 2261/2 West Third street. 

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46 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

During most of the time the office hours of the Home Service were 
from 9 until 12 o'clock daily, except on Sundays and holidays. The after- 
noons were devoted by its officers and members to visits to the families 
of the men in the service. Lately, however, when work greatly in- 
creased, the headquarters were kept open all day, and during rush 
hours all the women members and a number of the assistants were in 
attendance. 

The services rendered by the Home Service were of many kinds. 
The work was highly confidential, and much of it required great tact. 

While this branch of the Red Cross originally intended to limit its 
work to the care of dependent families of soldiers and sailors, it soon 
found it necessary to extend its activities far beyond these limits. 

At first neither the men in the service nor their dependents came 
to the Home Service for advice or help. To the contrary, advice and 
help were thrust upon them. 

The men from Scott county who had enlisted or had been drafted 
were appealed to in person or by letter or circulars to take out the in- 
surance for the protection of their dependents, which the government 
was wisely offering. 

This appeal was followed up by another appeal to the dependents of 
these men, urging them to plead with their husbands, fathers, and sons 
in the service to avail themselves of this insurance. Had these appeals 
not been heeded some families in Scott county would now doubtless 
suffer Avant. 

In the spring of 1918 there came another difficult task. The War 
Risk Insurance Bureau had fallen down lamentably on its promise to 
send to dependents promptly the allotments taken from the pay of the 
men in the service plus the allowance to be added by the government. 
In this emergency the Home Service was appealed to, and when, in 
many cases, correspondence extending over months failed to bring the 
promised allotments and allowances so unjustly withheld, the Home 
Service advanced to these dependents the funds necessary to bridge 
them over. 

The Home Service was prepared for and endeavored to meet all 
other emergencies. It kept in touch with the families of the men in 
the service through friendly visits. From all the physicians and den- 
tists of the city it secured promises to donate their services to these 
families. From the hospitals it secured for them reduced rates. In 
behalf of these families innumerable letters were written to the United 
States War Risk Insurance Bureau, to the Red Cross headquarters, to 
officers and privates in various cantonments and abroad. It secured 
marriage certificates, birth records, affidavits, and other evidence re- 
quired to establish claims upon the government. For the families of 
some soldiers it found better homes. For the children of some soldiers 
it secured better school advantages. For many dependents of soldiers 
it found employment. It assisted at marriages, welcomed babies, and 
took charge and met the expenses of funerals. W^hen men had re- 
quested furloughs, it was asked by wire to investigate and to confirm 
the truth of the grounds given in the requests for furloughs. It as- 
sisted men in securing the compensation due them from the govern- 



SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA 47 

ment. It urged soldiers whose health had become impaired to avail 
themselves of, and assisted them in obtaining the free treatment offered 
them by the government to restore them to health, and it urged those 
who were discharged as disabled to avail themselves of, and assisted 
them in obtaining the vocational training offered them by the govern- 
ment. There was no limit to its good offices. 

When the heartrending casualty lists made their appearance, it 
sought out the families of those whose names appeared in these lists, 
and tendered them aid and comfort. 

Early in 1919 Congress voted honorably discharged soldiers and 
sailors an extra allowance cf $60.00. Immediately the Home Service 
wired for instructions, and within ten days it had had the privilege of 
assisting nearly one thousand discharged soldiers and sailors in secur- 
ing this allowance. 

The Home Service gives its services free. Its work is far from 
being finished. This work is more likely to increase than to decrease in 
volume. As long as work remains to be done the Home Service will be 
prepared to do it. 



Financing the War 

The Liberty Loans 



By a. F. Dawsox, County Chairman 



From the time the government made its first call upon our citizens 
to buy their share of Liberty Bonds for the conduct of the war, down to 
the last call for the Victory Loan, the people of Davenport and Scott 
county responded in full measure to each request, and in every one of 
the five loans oversubscribed their quota. Scott county's subscriptions 
to the five issues reached the splendid total of $22,000,000. 

When the first call came in May, 1917 — thirty days after the declara- 
tion of war against Germany — it found Davenport, like every other city 
in the United States, without an organization for carrying forward 
speedily and efficiently the task of selling millicns of government 
securities to the people. Scott county was asked to subscribe $1,500,000 
to the first Liberty Loan, and subscriptions closed June 15th. There was 
only about thirty days in which to conduct the necessary campaign of 
education, bring together an organization, and do the soliciting. 

The first step was taken by the Davenport Clearing House Associa- 
tion, which designated a Liberty Loan Committee with A. F. Dawson, 
chairman, and empowered it to take whatever action was required. 
Active publicity work began at once, and every bank in Davenport in- 
vited subscriptions to the loan. Thirty thousand folders were printed 
and distributed setting forth the merits of the loan and explaining how 
to purchase the bonds. To encourage their sale the banks agreed to 
loan to purchasers at one per cent below the going rate, and to en- 
courage the sale of bonds in small denominations a plan was offered 
under which bonds could be purchased on small weekly payments. 

A call was issued for volunteer solicitors, and at a meeting held at 
the Davenport Commercial Club June 4th, eighty men enrolled for the 
work of making a canvass of the city for the sale of bonds. The city 
was divided into districts, and the solicitors worked in pairs. The 
first day's work brought in $50,200 in sales. On the second day, when 
Davenport was registering her young men for military service under 
the selective service act, the solicitors brought in $102,800 in subscrip- 
tions. When the campaign closed June 15th Scott county's response 
totaled $1,542,600. Of this amount all but $30,030 had been subscribed 
in the city of Davenport. 



Second Liberty Loan 



The experience gained in the first loan campaign made clear the 
necessity of perfecting an organization which would make a house-to- 
house canvass for subscriptions in both the city and county. The lack 
of committees to reach the rural population was particularly felt, and 
many weeks before the second Liberty Loan was announced much 
attention was devoted to the details of constructing an organization 

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that would be able to distribute the succeeding issues of bonds equitably 
and fairly among all the people. 

The second Liberty Loan was offered for popular subscription be- 
tween October 1 and October 27, 1917, but about the middle of Septem- 
ber active efforts began that resulted in the Scott County Liberty Loan 
organization, which made such an unusual record in this and succeed- 
ing loans. 

The work of organizing the townships of the county required most 
energetic work. After selecting a chairman for each township, the 
county chairman called a meeting and but three of the fifteen townships 
responded. An organization committee was selected, with E. P. Adler 
at its head, and every township in the county was visited by Chairman 
Dawson, Mr. Adler, and J. Reed Lane. At least one, and in many 
instances two organization meetings were held in each township, and 
committees were brought together w^ho pledged themselves to raise the 
quota which would be assigned to their district. 

In Davenport twenty-five team captains were selected to make a 
thorough canvass of the city. They were C. M. Littleton, C. M. Coch- 
rane, L. J. Dougherty, Joseph Deutsch, Charles Grilk, Leon H. Hass, 
William Heuer, H. J. McFarland, Harry Faerber, I. Petersberger, H. K. 
Spencer, F. D. Throop, George White, F. B. Yetter, E. L. Goff, L. M. B. 
Morrissey, S. E. Greenebaum, John H. Ruhl, A. J. Faerber, Fred Henig- 
baum, Woodworth Clum, Chris. Heuck, Geo. W. Cannon, Erwin Hol- 
brook, and W. T. Cotter. Each captain selected ten men as active team 
workers, making a city organization of 275 men. 

When the announcement was received from the Federal Reserve 
Bank of Chicago that Scott county had been assigned a maximum quota 
of 15,094,250 there was a general feeling that this goal could not be 
reached. It is true that the normal quota for Scott county was only 
slightly more than $3,000,000, but the organization decided to ignore 
this lesser figure and set forever at rest any lurking doubt as to the 
loyalty and patriotism of the people of the county. 

The quota allotted to the entire county was divided among the 
townships and the city of Davenport in proportion to their resources. 
On this basis Davenport was to raise $4,195,250 and the county outside 
$899,000. 

The tremendous task of raising this large sum of money was bsgun 
with an enthusiasm and determination which made success inevitable. 
The entire city organization met at luncheon at the Blackhawk Hotel 
October 16th for final instructions, and before leaving they pledged 
themselves to sell the city's full quota. 

For the next nine days this organization made the most intensive 
drive the city had ever known. Daily meetings of the organization 
were held at which reports were submitted, and enthusiasm mounted 
higher and higher at each successive meeting, as the total of subscrip- 
tions climbed steadily upward. The climax was reached at the final 
hmcheon meeting October 27th, when both the city and county were 
carried far "over the top," with a total subscription of $5,652,700. This 
was more than half a million in excess of the maximum quota, and was 



50 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

185 per cent of the normal quota. The total number of bond buyers 
was 12,614, or the equivalent of a bond to every family. 
This splendid total was raised as follows: 

Reported by city teams $2,533,250 

Reported by banks. 1,063,250 

Subscribed by patriotic syndicate 1,000,000 

Reported by township teams 956,200 

Reported by Boy Scouts 100,000 

The syndicate above referred to comprised twenty of the leading 
citizens of Davenport, headed by Joe R. Lane, and entered a subscrip- 
tion for a block of one million dollars of bonds. Another of the out- 
standing features of this remarkable campaign was the sale of almost 
a million dollars of bonds to the farmers — one of the very few- instances 
in the whole country in which the farmers of a single county sub- 
scribed so liberally. This was accomplished through a complete can- 
vass of each township by local committees under the directions of the 
following township chairmen: F. C. Keppy, Dr. W. I. Vanderveer, C. 
F. Emler, Rudolph Schroeder, F. C. Ringey, Charles Otto. Grover 
Meyer, F. C. Michael, P. J. Thede, Adolph P. Arp, Z. G. Suiter. M. H. 
Calderwood, H. 0. Brownlie, Carl S. Finne, G. A. Moffat, and William 
Hanne. 



Third Liberty Loan 



The sale of the bonds of the third Liberty Loan opened April 6, 1918, 
the anniversary of our entry into the war, and closed May 4th. Three 
billion dollars of bonds were offered, and Secretary McAdoo announced 
that oversubscriptions would be accepted. Of this loan Scott county 
was invited to subscribe $4,206,150. She responded again with an 
oversubscription and bought $4,940,750, or 117 per cent of her quota. 

As early as the middle of March the work of tuning up the organ- 
ization for this drive was begun. Certain weak spots which the previous 
loan had disclosed were strengthened. Frank B. Yetter became vice- 
chairman for townships, and there was a marked improvement in senti- 
ment and in response from the country districts. The fixed purpose 
in the third loan was to request every citizen to buy bonds in proportion 
to his financial resources. To carry out this purpose a property valua- 
tion card was filled out from the assessors' books for every taxpayer 
in the county, setting forth his holdings in real estate and personal 
property, and showing his net worth. From the total assessed valua- 
tion and the total quota it was a simple matter to figure out the per- 
centage which each person should buy. With this information care- 
fully worked out, the solicitor was able to inform the prospective 
buyer the amount he was expected to take. By the use of pink and 
yellow cards, reports were to be made on each person who failed to 
take his fair share of bonds, and these were closely checked up by 
special committees. This system of report cards had been used in 
Scott county in the second loan, and was adopted by the government 
for use in the third and subsequent loans. 

The drive in Davenport started April 9th, following a dinner meeting 
of the entire organization the evening previous, which was marked by 



SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA 51 

most patriotic ardor and zeal. The campaign proceeded with a rush; 
nearly one-third of the city's quota was subscribed the first day. When 
the fourth noon-day luncheon was held on the 16th, the reports totaled 
a sum $440,800 in excess of the county's quota. The remaining days 
before the official close of the campaign brought in many additional 
subscriptions, and Avhen the final figures were made it was found that 
the country had taken $1,228,950 and the city $3,720,900. Included in 
this latter figure were subscriptions amounting to $340,000 from 
workers at the Rock Island Arsenal residing in Davenport. 

The splendid response which all classes of people had made to this 
loan was reflected in the fact that the total number of buyers was 
27,172, or 45 per cent of the population. The government had invited 
subscriptions on the basis of $70 per capita; Scott county had responded 
with $82.35. For the third time Scott county had won the honor flag 
for oversubscribing its quota. It was done in this loan in six days, as 
against ten days in the second. 



Fourth Liberty Loan 



The fourth call by the federal government for funds came in Sep- 
tember, 1918, and subscriptions were to be opened on the 28th and close 
October 19th. Scott county's share of this loan was flxed at $4,414,800. 
Of this amount Davenport was assigned a quota of $3,164,150, and the 
townships were asked to take $1,250,650. 

Three weeks before the day set by the government for opening the 
drive the Scott county organization began the preliminary work of 
preparation. Again the executive committee visited every township 
in the county and discussed with the chairmen and team workers plans 
for "putting over" the loan with greater speed and efficiency than ever 
before. 

Two new features were adopted for this campaign — the "Register 
and Summon" plan for taking subscriptions in the townships, and the 
Liberty Loan Court for the purpose of considering and passing on the 
delinquents who were reported on the pink and yellow cards. This 
court was composed of twelve fair-minded citizens, selected by the Liberty 
Loan organization and the Council of National Defense. A. J. Faerber 
was chosen to preside over this court, and it was announced that there 
would be no second solicitation in this drive. People who. refused to 
do their just share would be summoned before this body and their 
cases heard. The court sat at No. 210 Brady street, and the results 
attained through its labors amply justified its creation. 

The organization decided that in the townships of the county the 
citizens should be summoned to a central place on a given day to sub- 
scribe their fair share of the loan. Saturday, September 28th — the 
opening day of the loan — was selected as the day for this, and a letter 
was sent to every citizen requesting and directing him to call at his 
registration place between the hours of 8 a. m. and 9 p. m. to take his 
full share of the loan. The success of this plan exceeded all expecta- 
tions. The townships' quota of the loan was oversubscribed in a single 
day, and when the final figures were added up it was found that the 



52 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

county precincts had subscribed $1,425,150, or $175,000 more than their 
quota, and every town and township in the county had won an honor 
flag. 

The city organization also laid down a program for speeding up the 
work. The get-together meeting was held Thursday evening, the 26th, 
and the drive was launched with an enthusiasm which exceeded all 
previous gatherings of these workers. The team workers started out 
on Friday morning, and at the first luncheon on Saturday noon the 
reports showed that two-thirds of the city allotment had been sold. 
The following day was designated as "stay-at-home Sunday," and the 
people in the residence district were urged to remain at home until the 
Liberty Loan solicitors had called for their subscriptions. Monday's 
reports showed that less than $200,000 was necessary to put the county 
"over the top" again. The campaign closed Wednesday noon, five days 
having been sufficient to complete the task in this loan. 

The record which Scott county made in the fourth Liberty Loan not 
only surpassed its record in any of the previous campaigns, but was 
almost without a parallel in any €ity of the country. The total sub- 
scriptions amounted to $6,222,150, or 141 per cent of quota. The num- 
ber of subscribers reached the splendid total of 29,809. The county had 
actually obtained one subscription for every 2.05 persons, which out- 
distanced the records of all the larger cities of the country. Cleveland 
made a sale to each 2.17 of its citizens; Buffalo, 2.31; Chicago, 2.42; 
Pittsburgh, 2.75, and Detroit, 2.96. Scott county subscribed $103.70 per 
capita, and the average size subscription was $209. 

It is worthy of note that the government was not called upon in any 
of the four loans to defray any part of the expense of the campaign in 
this county. The patriotic citizens of the county furnished the funds 
for this purpose, and in the four loans the local expenditures had been 
many thousands of dollars. 



Fifth Victory Loan 



When the fifth, or Victory Loan, was announced for April 21, 1919, 
serious doubts were expressed as to its success. The war had been 
wen, and there was a general letting down of the tense patriotism of 
the past two years. But when the time came to go out and get Scott 
county's quota of $3,311,100, the war-time spirit manifested itself 
throughout the entire Scott County Liberty Loan organization, and 
the job was done in less time than ever before. 

The townships decided again to register and stimmon their people on 
Saturday, April 19th. The city teams started out to cover the city of 
Davenport on Friday, the 18th. At noon on Monday, April 21st — the 
opening day of the campaign throughout the nation — the sales reported 
at the organization luncheon carried the county proudly "over the top" 
for the fifth time. In this drive the job had been finished in three and 
one-half days, including Sunday. 

Complete figures for the Victory Loan give Scott county $3,936,850 
in subscriptions from 16,461 subscribers. Our quota was oversubscribed 
19 per cent. 



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In the five loans the government asked Scott county for sixteen and 
a quarter millions of dollars. Scott county's response was twenty-two 
millions of dollars. Here is the record: 

Quota Subscribed Subscribers 

First loan $ 1,250,000 $ 1,522,500 4,800 

Second loan 3,056,550 5,652,700 12,614 

Third loan 4,206,150 4,940.750 27,172 

Fourth loan 4,414,800 6,222,150 29,809 

Fifth loan 3,311,100 3,936,850 16,461 

Total .$16,238,600 $22,274,950 90,856 

Scott County Liberty Loan Organization 

(Fourth Loan) 

For the purpose of completing this record the organization for sell- 
ing the Liberty Bonds, and membership of the teams, for one of the 
loans is appended, the fourth loan being selected as a representative 
one: 

Chairman — A. F. Davrson. 

Vice-Chairman for City — E. P. Adler. 

Vice-Chairman for Townships — F. B. Yetter. 

A^ice-Chairman for Women — Mrs. D. N. Burrows. 

Executive Committee — A. F. Dawson, E. P. Adler, L. J. Dougherty, 
H. K. Spencer, R B. Yetter, F. D. Throop, Joseph Deutsch, H. P. Oetz- 
mann. 

Clearing House Committee — Otto Hill, Chairman; William Heuer, 
Gus Stueben, Ed. Kaufmann, F. B. Yetter, Ed. Dougherty, A. F. Dawson, 
H. P. Oetzmann, Otto Eckhardt. 

Committee on Ledges and Associations — Fred Wernentin, Chair- 
man; F. L. Ray, Ross W. Beede, F. E. Wettstein, A. E. Ballow. 

Committee on Churches — R. H. Harned, Chairman; A. G. Bush, E. 
P. Adler, Louis G. Knocke, J. Clark Hall. 

Publicity Committee — F. D. Throop, Chairman; J. C. McCarthy. 

Four-Minute Men — Geo. W. Scott, Chairman. 

Comptroller — H. C. Oetzmann. 

CITY TEAMS 

No. 1— C. M. Littleton, captain; F. M. Goddard, lieutenant; A. C. 
Feddersen, Wm. Carstens, C. E. Adams, H. E. Weeks, Howard Power, 
Carl Schlegel, Fred Finch, George Jahns, Hugo Moeller, Albert Block, 
Dr. J. S. Weber, J. B. Hostetler, Robert Klauer, W. J. Duppert, J. L. 
Miclot, Jess Andre, A. WagTier, W. G. Wilkins, J. L. Goddard. 

No. 2 — C. M. Cochrane, captain; R. J. Clausen, lieutenant; H. L. 
Williams, Fred Wyman, E. C. Roberts, C. D. Hayward, W. A. Hutton, 
L. A. Le Claire, Jr., Charles Duncan, F. S. Phoenix, W. J. Henigbaum, 
K. Spelletich, F. J. McCullcugh, A. T. Blakemore, Ed. Berger. 

No. 3 — L. J. Dougherty, captain; P. F. McCarthy, lieutenant; T. J. 
Walsh, H. C. Kahl, M. L. Parker, Wm. H. Korn, F. A. Cooper, J. W. 
Bettendorf, Verner Hayward, Geo. S. Dempsey, T. F. Halligan, Wm. 
Voss, R. R. Englehart, George Booras, N. J. Sirpis, Frank H. Perry, 
Louis Hanssen, T. J. O'Brien. 

No. 4 — Joseph Deutsch, captain; Otto Hill, lieutenant; M. Rosenthal. 
Chas. Hanssen, E. H. Ryan, Smith Blackman, Wm. Pohlmann, H. 
Scharff, S. Griffen Ball, Louis Livingston, Ira R. Tabor, Wm. Gruen- 
wald, Alexander Warnecke, William Ley, Walter Schmidt. 



54 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

No. 5 — Charles Grilk, captain; L. E. Knocke, lieutenant; W. L. 
Mason, T. C. Miller, S. W. Sanford, A. E. Littig, J. W. Underwood, Henry 
W. Von Maur, J. G. Finney, Glenn Phelps, Charles Alford, J. C. Peder- 
son, Dr. John L. Hutchinson, W. E. Lattin, A. G. Sampson. 

No. 6 — Leon H. Hass, captain; Leon Nebergall, lieutenant; E. J. 
Bettendorf, Fred Hinrichsen, John A. Ross, H. R. Lafferty, 0. G. Nobis, 

B. N. Richardson, C. B. Schmidt, C. H. Ploehn, Ray Bawden, W. E. 
Zuill, W. O. Kruse, Hugo Simon, W. C. Gehrmann. 

No. 7 — William Heuer, captain; W. T. Waterman, lieutenant; E. M, 
White, Hugo Stahl, J. C. Hall, J. Gundaker, Seth Temple, J. B. Richard- 
son, H. T. Proestler, Blair Phillips, H. E. Littig, I. E. Dierdorf, Abe 
Powelankey, J. J. Brus, L. J. Yaggy, E. J. Anderson, N. J. Hilbish, W. H. 
Gehrmann. 

No. 8 — Harry J. McFarland, captain; James J. Lamb, lieutenant; 
H. B. Jones, Guy D. Doud, M. J. DeLacy, D. H. Snoke, Ira Miller, Thos. 
Dougherty, Rev. C. J. Dcnahoe, H. J. Toher, Abe Waxenberg, E. M. 
Coleman, John P. Weir, John J. Brandt, A. E. Goettsch, W. H. Holliday, 
Frank W. Elliott, E. B. McCulloch, Francis C. Harrison. 

No. 9 — M. E. Ochs, captain; Con. Severin, lieutenant; Ernest Rod- 
dewig, Ross Lee, J. E. Burmeister, Charles Thias, E. Rohwedder, J. M. 
Sherier, J. S. Tyler, Charles Hinkleman, I. W. Simons, Oswald Becker, 
H. R. Bertuleit, M. Landauer, Art McMann, Harry Lane. 

No. 10 — Isaac Petersberger, captain; Phil Kahles, lieutenant; P. N. 
Jacobsen, B. M. Abrahams, Victor Martin, C. C. Mclntyre, Herman 
Staack, Wm. Burrmann, George W. Noth, Ed. Tallmon, Walter Schick, 
S. A. Salter. 

No. 11— Harry K. Spencer, captain; L. G. DeArmand, lieutenant; J. E. 
Drysdale, Paul Lagomarcino, L. M. Marks, A. W. Fox, A. W. Liddle, C. 
M. Chubb, Arno L. Petersen, A. J. Ruffell, John A. Feeney. 

No. 12 — Wm. L. Mueller, captain; Cable Von Maur, lieutenant; 
Harry V. Scott, Isaac Deutsch, Ralph W. Cram, Maurice A. Hemsing, W. 
J. Doyle, Paul Johnston, Dr. G. F. Harkness, Isaac U. Sears, G. S. Johnson, 
Dr. Will F. Hunt, A. L. Lagomarcino, O. W. Davis, Ben C. Mueller, 
James Von Maur, Dean Fortman, Ed. Bein. 

No. 13 — George White, captain; Ed. Dougherty, lieutenant; Jules 
Kerker, Dr. Raymond E. Peck, Frank Johnson, John Ploehn, Andrew 
Neilsen, William Heesch, Dr. C. L. Leigh, Ed. Krouse, Dr. H. L. Letts, 
Erwin Swindell, E. A. Shaw, D. G. Fisher, F. A. Munger, Sam Rose, R. 
J. Allison, H. L. Swan. 

No. 14 — Frank F. Betty, captain; Louis G. Bein, lieutenant; Walter 
Balluff, Carl LeBuhn, Ross Beede, W. M. Chamberlin, Bert Frahm, R. 

C. Ficke, John Hynes, Wm. Hetzel, W. B. Stark, Fred Wernentin, L. E. 
Chute. 

No. 15 — Alfred C. Mueller, captain; Geo. W. Cable, Jr., lieutenant; 
Charles Crowe, B. J. Denman, E. L. Goff, R. H. Harned, Bob Kramer, 
Carl Lambach, P. W. McManus, Jr., Morgan Reimers, Oswald Schmidt, 
H. A. Soverhill, Frank Stahmer, Charles Stelk, R. A. Thomson, J. J. 
Kinnavey, John M. Malloy. 

No. 16 — L. M. B. Morrissey, captain; Dave Neustadt, lieutenant; J. 
W. Higgenbotham, Eugene Walsh, Eugene Halligan, P. M. Sadler, Harry 
Betty, E. J. Carroll, Richard McCabe, E. W. Irwan, H. T. Bates, B. Z. 
Shank, Fred J. Bode, Dr. A. P. Donohoe, Rabbi J. Mark. 

No. 17 — S. E. Greenebaum, captain; W. L. Purcell, lieutenant; Nel- 
son R. McClelland, Chas. M. Sessions, Harry J. Frank, Thos. L. Sharon, 
Chris. G. Behrens, Oscar M. Staby, W. G. Kellenberger, Charles A. 
Keeler, Thos. H. McGowan, Julius J. Ochs. 

No. 18 — John Ruhl, captain; Alphonse Arnold, lieutenant; Hugo 
Braunlich, Louis Eckhardt, Dr. J. W. Watzek, Jerry Ryan, A. G. Bush, 
Chas. McCormick, Albert J. Thomas, D. W. Kimberly, Judge F. D. Letts, 
Wm. Geisler, Dan Keeler, John Crowley, Louis Gerwe, John Rothermel. 



SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA 55 

No. 19 — W. J. Martin, captain; 0. S. Bloss, lieutenant; C. C. Smith, 

B. C. Hanssen, P. 0. Pedersen, F. L. Mahannah, S. A. Cohagen, A. P. 
Griggs, J. H. Blanchard, J. P. Hand, B. W. Linderman, C. R. Faerber, 
Edgar Akin, Wayne Bashaw. 

No. 20 — F. G. Henigbaum, captain; Charles Cessna, lieutenant; M. 

F. Heyer, Wm. A. Hickey, Henry Richter, Ed. Schmidt, Frank Gibbs, 
Fred Ray, Art Wilcox, George Graham, Frank Camp, Fred Nabstedt. 

No. 21 — A. W. Brown, captain; Fred J. Barr, lieutenant; H. L. 
Becker, S. M. Brown, Rev. L. M. Coffman, C. C. Ewing, G. H. Ficke, 

G. Decker French, B. W. Gartside, Jr., Chas. R. Henderson, Dr. J. W. 
McKee, Charles Pasche, W. E. Petersen, E. M. Reading, Fred B. White, 
W. E. Whittlesey. 

No. 22 — C. H. Heuck, captain; J. R. Kohler, lieutenant; Louis H. 
Kuehl, H. H. Hunt, B. L. Schmidt, Alex. Naeckel, S. S. Sargeant, J. 
Lauder, O. Vinall, Wm. Evers, C. Flannigan, E. Bischoff, J. W. Davis, 
Geo. E. Crites. 

No. 23 — John Sutherland, captain; Geo. T. Shoemaker, lieutenant; 
Ed. Berger, Frank V. Skelley, Charles Peck, Lowell King, Clyde Inman, 
William Weise, Arthur Weber, James Boyce, E. W. Sass, Clyde Baxter, 
T. C. Roderick, Jack O'Meara, Clinton Nash, Geo. W. Cannon. 

No. 24 — C. J. Johnson, captain; Howard M. Dawson, lieutenant; E. 

C. Mueller, Dr. Geo. W. Decker, J. S. Kimmel, A. N. Brown, H. W. 
Sanfcrd, R. E. Sawistowsky, Henry Jebens, Realff Ottesen, Ralph Gra- 
ham, Alexander Mattheson, Wm, Blaser, E. S. Johnson, Dr. W. D. 
Carroll. 

No. 25— Wm. T. Cotter, captain; W. J. Weber, lieutenant; E. C. Cole, 
O. A. Schiembeck, J. H. Brunette, L. R. Sidney, F. A. McDonnell, W. 
H. Kirwan, E. H. Wichelmann, P. L. Ottesen, R. W. Haggard, J. W. 
Albright, W. H. Jansen, H. H. Vogt, F. D. Sisson, E. H. Fluke, G. F. 
Gibbs. 

TOWNSHIP TEAMS 

Allen's Grove Township — Frank C. Keppy, chairman; Dr. L. F. Sul- 
livan, Louis A. Keppy, William Goettsch, Grover W. Rohlk, Clarence 
Drummond, Chas. F. Blanchard, J. H. Vilmont, Henry J. Wuestenberg, 
Ferd. Wuestenberg. 

Blue Grass Township No. 1 — Dr. W. I. Vanderveer, chairman; 
Richard Schmidt, Henry Hetzel, Chas. Nebergall, Christ. Buttenob, W. 
G. Kupper, R. H Plett, A. H. Barthel, J. H. Buchmeier. 

Blue Grass Township No. 2 — C. F. Emler, chairman; Herman Puck, 
E. C. Oldenburg, Louis Schnoor, Geo. H. Roggenkamp, Jr., E. C. Boecken, 
Henry W. Kruse, H. P. Soenke, A. H. Goering, Peter F. Soenke, Rudolph 
Schuett, Adolph Moeller, Wm. G. Fromme, Geo. F. Soenke, Louis 
Jepsen, J. H. Strohbeen, P. W. Giese, C. Ketelsen, Robert Bennewitz, 
B. H. Goering, C. A. Beinke, B. W. Behrens. 

Buffalo Township No. 1— S. C. Burtis, chairman; H. Westphal, H. 
Ladner, Stephen Wells, Joe Roberts, H. Dorman, H. Suhl, Rudolph 
Schroeder, Fred Fredricksen, R. Wrage, Fred Neumeister, L. Zeiher, 
John Prignitz. 

Buffalo Township No. 2 — John Plett, chairman; Fritz Alt, William 
Plett, E. J. Hcffbauer, Warden E. Logan, Chas. F. Logan, Lafe Meyers, 
Louis James. 

Butler Township — F. E. Ringey, chairman; Henry Klever. T. A. 
Sheridan, G. E. Swain, Clarence Randolph, Geo. F. Randolph, Patrick 
Hirl, R. R. Dannatt, George Tiedje. John Helble, Henry Shlotfeldt. H. 
W. Swain, A. J. Wright, S. T. Yocum, C. E. Schmidt, Peter Wiese, Geo. 
M. Bishop. 

Cleona Township — Henry Feuerbach, chairman; Fred Pecken- 
schneider, Wm. Peckenschneider, Julius Hein, Willim Eichner, George 
Treimer, Thomas Johannsen, Henry Arp, William Lilianthal, William 
Martens, Henry Lilianthal, Herman Meinert, Charles Hamann, William 



56 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

Paulsen, John Johannsen, Gustav Hein, Walter Moeller, Rudolph Zindel, 
Louis Dietz, Rudolph Stoltenberg, Hugo Dletz, Henry Dittmer, Albert 
Hamann, Fritz Blank, Wm. Krone, Rudolph Harder, Henry Paustian. 

Davenport Township No. 1 — G. A. Moffat, chairman; H. D. Parmele, 
Roger Van Evera, Hans E. Doescher, Chas. Woodford, L. H. Ellsworth, 
Oscar Schaefer, Theo. Harms, Albert Schaefer, D. C. Kuehl, J. E. Barr, 
Frank Schaefer, Wm. C. Murray, Owen Mosher, Peter Thiel. 

Davenport Towmship No. 2 — Louis Sindt, chairman; William Puck, 
Louis Haase, William Claussen, Gus Waage, Nissen Jorgensen, Tom 
Murphy, John Tangen, Henry Horst, Herman Lamp. 

Hickory Grove Tow^nship^ — Grover Meyer, chairman; Edward Dietz, 
Charles Paustian, Gus Homann, George Raughten, Grover Hahn, Gus 
Paustian, Barney Gasseling, August Bruse, H. T. Meyer, E. C. Bur- 
meister, Albert Roehlk, J. P. Burmeister, M. J. Ruefer, Dietz Wriedt, 
Louis Meier, Alfred Frye. 

Liberty Township No. 1 — P. J. Thede, chairman; H. H. Schneckloth, 
E. E. Doney, David Grace, J. Christiansen, J. H. Thede, C. J. Dahms, G. 
C. Horstman, J. W. Flynn, William Dahms, Herman Berodt, Sr. 

Liberty Tow^nship No. 2 — George Lueders, chairman; J. P. Ober- 
leitner, Edw^ Trede, Thomas Ketelsen, Ferdinand Thiel, R. F. Petersen, 
Adolph Wiese. 

Lincoln Township — Adolph P. Arp, chairman; William Dougherty, 
Walter Bell, Henry Stutt, W. D. Kepler, Rudolph Koch, B. S. Bonnell, 
Richard Copley, William Kreiter, Ferd Baustian. 

Le Claire Towmship — F. C. Michael, chairman; Capt. W. A. Shirk, 
J. L. Browm, James J. Ryan, J. W. Wilson, R. G. Hulet, J. H. Clark, J. A. 
Meyer, S. C. Bammer, Rev. W. R. Irvine, Jos. V. Bowley, W. A. Leamer, 
J. H. Benson, F. C. Hamilton, S. A. Wilson, C. W. Clark, Dr. C. C. John- 
son, N. H. Tunnicliffe, J. E. McConnell, W. E. Paul. 

Pleasant Valley Township — William Hanne, chairman; Fred Schu- 
macher, Henry Boeh, A. P. Randolph, W. W. Myers, Charles Hanne, 
Fl-ed Schutter, James Wilson, Jr., Robert McCool, William Hartz. 

Princeton Township — Z. G. Suiter, chairman; M. L. Hire, M. Voris, 
C. A. Pope, Sam Auliff, A. H. Schmalz, John F. Wilson, James T. 
Fletcher, Herman Kroeger, Harry Baxter, Dr. J. S. Barber, Emil 
Kroeger. 

Rockingham Towaiship — Carl S. Finne, chairman; John Smithinger, 
Harry McGee, Will Watterson, John Becker, R. Woods, Fred Mertin, 
Paul Ankerson, C. M. Marcussen, C. F. Fisher, Albert Durant, F. H. 
Dittmer, Claude Nunn. 

Sheridan Township — M. H. Calderwood, chairm.an; W. H. KuehL J. 
J. Wiese, Dr. A. J. Schroeder, Charles M. Robertson, Henry Voss, 
Walter Lucht, J. P. McDow^ell, William Murrison, August H. Lamp, C. 
S. Clapp. 

Winfield Township — H. 0. Brow^nlie, chairman; J. G. Madden, F. P. 
Murphy, W. P. Neil, C. M. Madden, W. M. Robertson, Ed. Elmergreen, 
W. B. Bergert, Will Reimers, B. E. Evans, Chris. Marti, F. M. Ficke, J. 
G. Roberstson, Henry Weeda, J. S. Marti. 



Rock Island Arsenal in the Liberty 
Loan Campaigns 



By Lieut. J. Reed Lane 

During the four Liberty Bond campaigns conducted at Rock Island 
Arsenal the same method of organization was in effect as that used by 
the Scott County Liberty Loan organization. 

A chairman was appointed by the Commanding Officer at the 
Arsenal, who generally was some younger officer, who in turn selected 
his organization from the civilian employes and who named a captain 
from each department, of which there were thirty-seven at the time of 
the signing of the armistice. 

These thirty-seven departments were employing approximately 
14,000 men, and the organization was constantly increasing although 
the greater part of the Liberty Loan organization, at the Arsenal (that 
is insofar as the captains were concerned) remained the same from the 
first until the fourth loan. 

The plan of campaign was somewhat different because of the natural 
rivalry existing between the different departments than that employed 
by other organizations, and a daily chart showing the department, num- 
ber of employes, number of subscriptions, amount of subscription, 
average subscription, and the percentage of subscriptions to employes 
was furnished by the Liberty Loan organization and published on the 
different bulletin boards throughout the Island. The natural result 
was a rivalry between the shops and departments to procure 100 per 
cent subscriptions from the employes in their particular department. 

The first loan at the Arsenal totaled approximately $70,000, while 
in the fourth Liberty Loan the employes subscribed $990,050, and added 
to this were the subscriptions of officers, enlisted men, and construction 
employes, making a grand total of $1,386,450. The outstanding feature, 
however, was not in the number of subscribers or in the amount, but in 
the percentage of subscriptions to employes, and this manufacturing 
institution led all manufacturing institutions in the United States by 
the final returns showing 93.83 per cent of the employes subscribing 
for fourth Liberty Bonds out of the total number employed. This re- 
markable percentage, I believe, is a challenge to any institution through- 
out the United States employing in its manufacturing departments, etc., 
a number in excess of 10,000 employes. 

In the fifth, or Victory Loan, this Arsenal led ail the Arsenals of the 
country. With the number of employes reduced to about 8,000 by the 
post-war conditions, the subscriptions for Victory Bonds totaled 
$746,000. 

Total subscriptions at the Arsenal for the five loans were $3,871,000. 

The hearty co-operation between the employes and the officers in 
charge of the campaign was indeed gratifying, and the employes in 
years to come can look back with a great deal of satisfaction in the 
remarkable showing made both in the number, amount, and percentage 
of subscribers. 

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The Banks and the Loans 



By Albert J. Jan sex 



At thie beginning of tlie campaign to raise money to carry on the 
war the government urged the widest possible distribution of Liberty 
Bonds, and appealed to the patriotism of the banks to help to make the 
money available and to arrange for all the extra detail work necessary. 
The banks of Scott county responded to this call in the proper spirit, 
although many of them had to employ extra help for the purpose. 
When considering that the total number of subscriptions taken in one 
issue alone amounted to 29,809, an idea may be had of the extra work 
necessary. About four cut of every five of the subscriptions were for 
small amounts and were paid on installment plans, calling for payments 
varying from four to thirty times on one subscription. Four payments 
were allowed on the governm.ent plan of payment for the second and 
third Liberty Lean, while thirty installments were allowed on the bank 
plan of the second Liberty Loan, the number of installments for the 
other loans being about ten less. Of course, an accurate record had to 
be kept of all these payments and it v/as found necessary to write one 
or more letters to those who lagged behind in their payments. 

When the bonds were finally paid, considerable time was taken up 
in persuading the people to keep them and not to sell them at a sacrifice. 
In order to help their customers the banks offered to take care of their 
bonds for them, giving them a receipt and at the proper time cut the 
coupons from the bonds and credit the customer's account. There is no 
doubt that Liberty Bonds would have sold considerably lower except 
for this efficient and unselfish action on the part of the banks the 
country over. 

The work of converting the first and second Liberty Bonds into 
bonds bearing a higher rate of interest was done entirely through the 
banks, who sent all these bonds in for conversion to the Federal Reserve 
Bank of Chicago. The banks charged only a nominal sum for this 
service to pay the expense of shipping the bonds back and forth. 

After the first Liberty Loan Bonds were printed, the government 
found it unpractical and impossible at that time to print coupons for 
the bonds for the entire time the bonds had to run. Therefore, in 
printing the other bonds the government attached only four coupons, 
which would pay the interest for two years, and they agreed after that 
time to exchange the bonds for new ones carrying the entire number of 
coupons. The last coupon on the second Liberty Loan Bonds, as now 
printed, is payable November 15, 1919. It is probable, then, that the 
government will begin to call for these bonds about February 1st next, 
so that the proper payment of interest may be made on May 15th. All 
the other issues will be exchanged in from four to nineteen months 
later. The banks of Scott county will also gladly attend to this for 
anyone asking for the service. 

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In some localities the banks have subscribed for the entire quota 
assigned to them and then sold them to their customers. This was 
done in many places in the campaign for the Victory Liberty Loan and 
had a tendency to have the bonds held by comparatively few people. 
However, the government preferred the method adopted in Scott 
county, and no doubt this is better in the long run. It is the public 
spirit in Scott county and the hearty and unselfish co-operation of the 
efficient Liberty Loan solicitors and banks that has made it possible to 
distribute the bonds so widely here and interest so many people in the 
finances of our country. 

In addition to carrying the Liberty Loan transactions the banks 
also kept a record of the War Savings Stamps bought by their customers 
and in that way greatly assisted in making the War Savings Stamp 
campaigns successful. 

United States Certificates of Indebtedness 

While the people of Scott county were investing upwards of 
$22,000,000 in long time bonds of the five Liberty Loan issues, the 
banks of the county at the same time were making very large loans to 
the government to assist in financing the war. 

These short-time loans were made through the purchase by the 
banks of United States Certificates of Indebtedness, which were put out 
in three series between January 1, 1918, and May 1, 1919. In the 
aggregate the banks of Scott county purchased a total of |15,785,000 of 
these certificates. 

The first series consisted of six issues and were offered between 
January 22 and April 22, 1918, and the certificates ran for three months. 
Scott county banks purchased $2,672,00'0 of this series. 

The second series of certificates began June 26, 1918, and were 
offered practically every two weeks until October 1st. These were 
four-months certificates and the subscriptions by the banks of this 
county amounted to $5,516,000. 

There were ten offerings of five-months certificates in the third 
issue, beginning December 5, 1918, and closing May 1, 1919, and 
$7,597,000 of this series was purchased in this county. 

Each bank in the county was given a quota in proportion to their 
resources on each of the twenty-four issues in the three series and a 
larger number of honor citations were granted to the banks of Scott 
county than any other county in the state. The campaign for the sale 
of these government securities was handled by A. F. Dawson, of Dav- 
enport, as Director of Sales, and M. H. Calderwood, of Eldridge, As- 
sistant Director, who were chosen for this work by the Federal Reserve 
Bank, of Chicago, 111. 



The Liberty Loan Court 



By Al. J. Faerber. Chief Justice 



During the first, second, and third Liberty Loan campaigns the 
returns demonstrated fully that a certain class of people in the county 
were studiously avoiding their duties as American citizens, more par- 
ticularly as far as subscribing for their just share of Liberty Bonds 
was concerned. 

Therefore the men in charge of the Liberty Loan campaigns decided 
that some means must be found whereby these people would be made 
to do their share. Many conferences were held and finally it was 
decided to establish a Liberty Loan Court or Slackers Court as it was 
generally termed. 

The following men were selected to act as jurors: A. F. Dawson, 
H. K. Spencer, Lee J. Dougherty, Frank B. Yetter, Charles Shuler, Col. 
G. W. French, Frank D. Throop, E. P. Adler, Joseph Deutsch, Ed. 
Mueller, Geo. M. Bechtel, G. R. Bliss, J. Clark Hall, E. R. McAdam, and 
A. L. Honeywell. 

The County Chairman of the Council of National Defense, A. J. 
Faerber, was selected as the Chief Justice, to preside over this court. 

Headquarters were established for the fourth Liberty Loan cam- 
paign at 210 Brady street, and in the rear room the Liberty Loan Court 
had its headquarters. This court was in session from 9 a. m. to 11 p. 
m. for a period of about thirty days. There were handled in all about 
one thousand cases. Some days as high as forty-five cases would be 
heard. It is estimated that this court secured in additional subscrip- 
tions about $600,000. 

In the beginning, the people in general had a mistaken idea of the 
intent and purpose of this court, feeling that it was an organization for 
the purpose of intimidating or coercing people into doing mere than 
they really could; however, after it had been in operation for a week 
or ten days, it was evident to those who were brought before this court, 
that it was really a board of equalization or court of justice, seeking 
only to impress upon the people of this community the fact that we 
were in a mcst strenuous campaign for right, and it was imperative 
that the people who shared the benefits of this free country of ours must 
also do their share towards maintaining its government, and at that 
time maintaining the government meant financial aid to the limit of 
every citizen's ability, for the purpose of financing a war which was 
based upon right and liberty for all. 

These people who came before the court left with a feeling that 
they had really been enlightened as to what free government meant, 
and that public opinion was really the basis for all law in a free country 
and that if a citizen went contrary to public opinion during such a 
critical period as the time this court was in session it would jeopardize 

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forever his standing in the community and possibly affect the happiness 
of his children in the future years to come. This fact was impressed 
upon everyone who came before this court. The effect was very ap- 
parent because of the willingness with which they took their just share 
of bonds after the court had decided what amount it should be. 

Out of the approximate one thousand cases I think there was only 
one who absolutely refused to follow out the court's instruction on this 
question of buying bonds. 

The moral effect on those people who had been subscribing for bonds 
unwillingly and only after much pressure had been brought to bear 
upon them was very apparent at the time of the Victory Loan and 
avoided the necessity of a repetition of the same procedure as regards 
slackers. The court used the term slacker because of the fact that a 
man who refused to loan his financial aid to his government during the 
period of a war which was being waged in order to maintain the safety 
of that government is just as much a slacker as the man of military 
age who avoids service in the army. 

It is regrettable that in this free country of ours there was not in- 
augurated some method of forcible taxation, which could be applied to 
citizens who refused to buy their just share of bonds voluntarily, and 
that this had to be brought about in all cases locally through the 
pressure cf public opinion. Undoubtedly if ever there should come a 
time when this country would pass through such another period some 
means will be found to adjust matters of this kind by means of laws 
which will undoubtedly be enacted within the next few years. 

Too much credit cannot be given the men who served as jurors in 
this court. They gave up their time, feeling that the importance of 
jury service en a court of this kind was paramount to their own busi- 
ness. In no instance was there a juror who wavered when it came to 
a decision. Every man serving was fair, firm, and just. Personally 
I cannot recall a single instance where there was a division of opinion 
as to the amount that the individual appearing before the court should 
buy. This I think was brought about by reason of the method pursued 
in arriving at the allotment. 

In every instance the citizen appearing before the court was allowed 
to make his own valuation of what his own worth was, which was un- 
questioned by the court. Allotment of bonds was then made on a per- 
centage basis and all the people were treated alike. 

It is a peculiar fact that the majority of cases were men who had 
ample means by reason of their large holdings of farm land and other 
real estate in the county and felt that because their money was invested 
in land and their income limited, that the allotment of bonds should be 
on a basis of income rather than net worth. The court felt that a 
man's net worth should count and not his income, therefore, made the 
allotment on that basis. I think a great deal of this was a misunder- 
standing on the part of property owners, because in many instances 
the property was not one which brought an income, therefore the 
necessity of borrowing money in order to buy bonds. 

I think the fairness of the method will be conceded when one takes 
into consideration the fact that the basis of credit for the government 



62 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

was the net worth of the citizens of this government and not their 
cash income. 

The record this court made was heralded over the entire country; 
newspapers and magazines commenting on its efficient work. By 
reason of this publicity members of the court were asked to go to Clin- 
ton and Cedar counties and adjust the differences there. The records 
show in no single instance did they fail in either county to get the 
quota assigned to every individual. Many cases were heard in both of 
these counties and apparently this aid was of material benefit to their 
Liberty Loan organizations. 

The records of this court are kept intact and will be placed in the 
custody of some county official for future reference, should they be 
needed, because every record contains the statements made by the in- 
dividual himself appearing before the court; his own valuations and 
his reasons for not wanting to buj^ the quota assigned. 

It also contains a complete record of what each individual did in 
every war drive in this county, so there can be in the future no question 
as to the authenticity of these records. 



Workers in Various Fields 



fecctt county war workers went to all parts of the world. 

Early in the war Secretary E. T. Heald, of the Y. M. C. A., was re- 
leased to go to Russia, where for two years he was in the midst of the 
stirring events preceding and following the revolution there, and in the 
campaigns in Siberia. 

One of the "Y" gold stars stands for Miss Marion Crandall, who 
went to France from here and was killed by shell fire — one of the first 
of the brave women who died from actual exposure to battle conditions. 

Scott county is also especially proud of the record of Dr. D. J. Mc- 
Carthy, whose services as a Red Cross medical worker were rewarded 
with the rank of major and with decoration by the King of Serbia. 

To D. F. Scribner fell the unusual privilege of valuable service in 
organizing athletic work in the Italian armies, and of organizing play- 
grounds for the city of Rome, the latter service being recognized by 
decoration with the Medal of Merit of the City of Rome. 

Miss Alma Hartz was decorated also by the King of Greece for her 
services in fighting typhus in that distressed country. 

Dr. Sarah Foulks is in Albania as a medical Red Cross worker. 

Miss Helen Vincent was for a year in "Y" canteens in France. 

Miss Amy LaVenture served in the Red Cross canteen in the St. 
Lazaire station in Paris for some eight months. 

Miss Winifred James was in Red Cross work in Italy. 

Dr. Leroy M. Coffman gave a months' vacation to work and ad- 
dresses at Camp Dodge. 



War Savings Stamps 



For the purpose of raising $2,000,000,000 to assist in paying the ex- 
penses of the war and to promote a nation-wide thrift campaign, the 
United States government launched in December, 1917, its War Savings 
campaign. It put Thrift and War Savings Stamps on sale throughout 
the country, and announced a quota for Iowa of approximately 
$48,000,000. 

Frank A. Vanderlip, of New York City, was National Chairman of 
the movement; Hom.er A. Miller, of Des Moines, was appointed Chair- 
man for Iowa, and Gustav Stueben, of Davenport, was appointed Chair- 
man for Scott county. Our county quota was announced as $1,323,240. 

In a campaign that lasted throughout the year, some seventy War 
Savings societies were organized at different points in the county. 
Public meetings were held in country school houses and community 
centers, the co-operaticn of school children, women's organizations, 
clubs, and fraternities was secured, special drives were arranged, and 
a final drive put on by the Liberty Loan organization, under Lee J. 
Dougherty as City Chairman. 

The influenza epidemic interfered in the autumn of 1918, Avhen the 
organization of War Savings societies Avas well under way, and after 
Buffalo township had wen the honor of being the first to be 100 per 
cent organized, and Blue Grass the second. 

Closing the year with a sale of $300,000 worth of stamps in a month, 
the county's total sales were run up to over $1,171,000. Details are 
given in the following letter secured from the state headquarters: 

Iowa War Savings Committee. 
Des Moines, Iowa, April 14, 1919. 

Editor History of War Activities of Scott County, Iowa: 

Dear Sir: — Pursuant to your request of March 18th, asking for the 
sale of War Savings Stamps in Scott county by months, the same is 
herein enclosed: 

December, 1917 $ 8,863.00 

January, 1918 9,302.25 

February, 1918 17,025.25 

March, 1918 33,943.25 

April, 1918 39,369.00 

May, 1918 165,488.50 

June, 1918 119,495.00 

July, 1918 109,477.50 

August, 1918 81,109.50 

September, 1918 55,118.75 

October, 1918 63,967.25 

November, 1918 167,797.50 

December, 1918 300,894.00 

Total sales $1,171,850.75 

Quota 1,323,240.00 

Per capita sales $17.71 

Trusting that this report will serve your purposes, I am — 
Yours sincerely, 

John E. Shaw Van. Agency Manager. 

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United War Work Campaign 



By Ray Nyemaster.. District Chairman 



The World War saw before its close united action along all lines and 
perhaps no other event stands out as conspicuously as does the United 
War Work campaign. The seven war welfare agencies — Salvation 
Army, American Library Association, War Camp Community Service, 
Jewish War Council, National Catholic War Council, Young Women's 
Christian Association, and Young Men's Christian Association — all 
united in response to the request of President Wilson in raising the 
necessary funds for the conduct of their work for the American soldiers, 
sailors, and marines. 

Plans were already under way in Scott county for the merger of the 
finance drive of the seven war agencies when President Wilson's request 
was made public. In fact the day that the President's letter was pub- 
lished a meeting was scheduled to be held in the office of the Guaranty 
Life Insurance Company for the purpose of completing plans for a 
campaign war drive in Scott county. At this meeting the seven organ- 
izations were to be represented, but when the President's letter request- 
ing the campaign drive was made public the local organizations laid 
their plans aside and fell in step with the national movement. 

Davenport was the district center of District No. 7, composed of the 
counties of Scott, Muscatine, Johnson, and Washington. The district 
officers were: 

Chairman — Ray Nyemaster. 

Executive Secretary — S. A. Cohagan. 

Publicity Chairman — F. D. Throop. 

Chairman Speaker's Bureau — A. E. Walsh. 

District Leader of Victory Boys — Walter J. Mead. 

District Leader of Victory Girls — Miss Dotha S. Varker, 

District Chairman Women's Work — Mrs. Henry Von Maur. 

Seven Vice-Chairmen representing the seven allied war agencies for 
Scott county were: Mrs. Henry Von Maur, Miss Paula Buck, Messrs. 
Cable Von Maur, L. J. Dougherty, Isaac Petersberger, Charles Grilk, 
and George White. 

A large delegation from Scott county attended the state conference 
of the United War Drive, at which time Charles R. Rawson was elected 
State chairman, and Graham Stewart, State Campaign Director. 

Immediately after the state conference the Scott county United War 
Work organization v/as formed as follows: 

County Chairman — Hon. Joe R. Lane. 

County Treasurer — Ray Nyemaster. 

County Publicity Chairman — C. C. Cessna. 

County Chairman Speaker's Bureau — L. J. Dougherty. 

County Chairman Women's Work — Mrs. Henry Von Maur. 

County Leader Victory Boys — S. W. Sanford. 

County Leader Victory Girls — Miss Harriet Sessions. 

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Following the formation of the county organization County Chair- 
man Lane called a meeting of the County Executive Committee, which 
was composed of the county campaign officers and the officers of the 
Scott County Liberty Loan organization. At this meeting Chairman 
Lane explained the purpose of the campaign and suggested that it would 
be greatly appreciated if the Scott County Liberty Loan organization 
would undertake the raising of Scott county's quota. Mr. Dawson and 
Mr. Adler, of the Liberty Loan organization, very gladly accepted the 
opportunity of service and immediately began plans for the conducting 
of the campaign. 

Scott county, as usual, oversubscribed her quota. On April 15, 1919, 
there had been paid in by Scott county to the state headquarters prac- 
tically $168,000. 



Loyal German- Americans 



The attitude toward the war of American citizens of German descent 
was one of the important elements in the situation in this country 
during the war years. In Iowa an organization which helped to gather 
loyal elements together and to clear up much misunderstanding was 
the German-American Patriotic Association, which February 1, 1918, 
adopted a platform which declared that "if America should lose in the 
war, our citizens of German birth .would be the greatest losers, because 
the institutions for which they have dedicated their lives and sought 
for their children and their children's children would be destroyed." 

John C. Orth, of Guthrie Center, Iowa, was made president of the 
association, and Louis Block, of Davenport, honorary president. Mr. 
Block, detained at home in court, sent a thrilling patriotic letter to the 
meeting, which was afterward circulated over the entire country because 
of its strong appeal to the good sense and patriotism as well as loyalty 
of all German-American citizens. A pertinent paragraph from this 
letter was: 

"It seems to me that the effort of our organization should be two- 
fold — first, to help our German-Americans who are inclined to be dis- 
loyal to see the truth, to know the facts, and to convince them by reason 
and persuasion of the error of their ways, and second, to make this 
country simply too hot to hold those who stubbornly stand out against 
Uncle Sam and will not be convinced by the logic of the facts. For the 
misinformed, misled, and misguided American citizen cf German birth 
and parantage we can have naught but pity and sympathy and a desire 
that he should come out of the darkness into the light, but for the 
German-American citizen who wilfully shuts his eyes to the truth, who 
persists in believing in the Kaiser's dream of world conquest, and who 
wants the Kaiser to win simply because he happens to be German, we 
should have no charity or consideration, but should give him clearly to 
understand that he is not wanted here and that if he doesn't get out 
soon we will help him to move in ways that he cannot fail to under- 
stand." 

Mr. Block's letter created a sensation that led to frequent calls upon 
him for addresses along the line of the sentiments he had expressed. 



The Four Minute Men 



By John C. Higgixs, County Chairman 



The Four Minute Men performed a valuable service in Davenport 
and Scott county during the war. 

For som.e reason or other there was great need for a campaign of 
education in the county, and in the city of Davenport. Organization of 
the Davenport branch of the Four Minute Men was effected with com- 
parative ease, and when the movement took official form the speaking 
campaigns progressed wonderfully well. It was not until about the 
first of October, 1917, that the local branch was organized. The Scott 
County Council of Defense nominated John C. Higgins, lawyer, for the 
office of chairman of the Scott county branch, and his appointment was 
confirmed from V/ashington; before the lapse of ten days the local 
organization was completed. Some of Davenport's ablest orators vol- 
unteered, or upon request from the chairman readily offered their 
services, and before the Scott county branch was officially discharged 
there were some sixty dependable and regular speakers who did service 
throughout the campaign. 

Some little confusion was occasioned at the outset by a suggestion 
that the Four Minute Men was to be a volunteer organization, the mem- 
bers of which were to hold themselves ready for duty upon four 
minutes' notice; some exceedingly patriotic men who would otherwise 
eagerly have offered to serve, thought that they were liable to be called 
to the trenches upon four minutes' notice, and for that reason hesitated; 
but when explanation was made and the purpose of the organization 
became apparent, volunteer workers were anxious to serve. 

The Four Minute Men was a branch of the Committee on Public In- 
formation appointed by the President, whose members were commis- 
sioned as official speakers in behalf of the government to impart official 
information and facts to the people. The material for the speeches was 
practically furnished by the Committee on Public Information at Wash- 
ington. The speakers appeared chiefly before motion picture theatre 
audiences in every city in the country, and their talks were limited to 
four minutes each. Later during the war, the scope of the department 
was enlarged to include ministers, who were commissioned to speak 
before their congregations on official subjects. The chief service, how- 
ever, was rendered in motion picture theatres. 

In organizing the corps of speakers the chairman is pleased to be 
able to say that a very limited number of men who were importuned 
to join the organization refused to serve; one or two, though not de- 
clining, limited themselves to subjects in connection with the various 
Liberty Loans. Before the campaign had progressed many months, 
however, those who had qualified their assent withdrew the qualifica- 
tion and offered their services whole-heartedly on every subject. Men 
who had attained prominence on the platform as public speakers, 

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judges, lawyers, doctors, clergymen, and laymen in every walk of life, 
some of v/hom had never before delivered a public speech, canceled im- 
portant engagements to accept appointments for four minute speeches. 

So well were the speakers received that clubs, societies, brother- 
hoods, tournaments, etc., asked for speakers for routine meetings, and 
wherever possible, speakers were furnished. 

After formal announcement had been made and letters had been 
written calling for volunteers, the local organization Avas formed at the 
Commercial Club on Tuesday evening, October 9th. The meeting was 
addressed by Prof. Glen N. Merry, of Iowa City, State Field Representa- 
tive, and very few minutes of explanation were required to enthuse the 
speakers and to lay the foundation for what was to become a solid, 
permanent, and successful organization. Following that meeting at 
the Commercial Club the chairman perfected his organization by the 
creation of a Committee of Vice-Chairmen. This committee consisted 
of James J. Lamb, lav/yer; S. A. Cohagan, Y. M. C. A. Secretary, and 
Isaac Petersberger, lawyer. Mr. Lamb was vice-chairman in charge of 
assignment of speakers; Mr. Cohagan was vice-chairman of enrollment 
and instruction, and Mr. Petersberger was in charge of theatre arrange- 
ments. To that committee, aided by the speakers, is due the success 
that was attained by the organization. The plan' had the effect of 
systematizing the service, so that there was no overlapping and waste 
of effort, and all angles of the campaign were properly viewed and 
attended to. The organization remained in charge of Mr. Higgins until 
about the first of September, 1918, when, on account of a violent injury 
which he sustained, he was obliged to resign, and Geo. W. Scott, former 
Mayor of Davenport, a lawyer, and a speaker of prominence, was ap- 
pointed chairman, and he remained in charge of the organization until 
it was disbanded and the members cfRcially discharged on December 
24, 1918. 

There were and are in Davenport about a dozen theatres. Each 
theatre, commencing the week following organization, was manned by a 
speaker, and each audience received a message authorized by the United 
States government, and the speakers found that the audiences were 
eager for real, authentic information. At only one theatre, so far as 
the officials of the organization have been informed, during the entire 
campaign in Davenport, was there anything approaching a cool recep- 
tion given to a speaker. It is almost proper to say that it was a good 
thing that this evidence appeared early in the campaign, for it never 
appeared again. It had been expected that one of the theatres would be 
attended by an audience which might or might not receive the speaker 
with open arms. With that in mind, the chairman and his committee 
deemed it wise to send a man of some physical corpulence, and a man 
who could be depended upon to say what he left home to say, to fill this 
assignment. It might be said that this particular speaker is not a 
public orator, but when he makes up his mind to do a thing he is to be 
relied upon to do it. He is not a young man. He is not a professional 
man. But he has agility and a fixed purpose of doing what he sets out 
to do. At this particular initiatory meeting he mounted the platform 
after announcement had been made of the purpose and subject of his 



68 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

talk. It is unfortunate to record that voices rumbled and feet moved, 
and directly the audience started towards the door. The speaker had 
by this time begun his nicely prepared discourse. When he saw what 
was being done and beheld the reception he was getting, needless to 
say, he did not deliver his set speech. He delivered instead a speech 
of his own. He ordered the doors closed. He literally "poured" his 
sentiments all over that audience, which by that time had been halted 
in its outward course. Before they left that theatre they heard a real 
speech. It may have exceeded four minutes, but the department has 
not yet criticised the speaker for exceeding, if he did, the time limit. 
The speaker of that evening was Robert T. Armil. 

At no other time or times thereafter were the efforts of the speakers 
met with anything but the closest and most fervent attention. The 
speakers appeared in the campaigns for the various Liberty Loans, for 
the Red Cross, for the Salvation Army, for the United War Fund Drive, 
and in addition thereto assisted the government in its campaign for 
food conservation. They made speeches on an authorized "income tax" 
campaign, in which facts and flgTires were presented showing that 
under the "income tax" law the war was not a rich man's v/ar, if viewed 
from the fact that the taxes upon the rich man's income were largely to 
pay the costs, at least to a certain extent, of the war; and the speakers 
put their shoulders to the wheel for War Savings Stamps. 

It is estimated that 250,000 people were addressed in the campaigns 
conducted by the Four Minute Men in Davenport. 

Each and every theatre owner and manager co-operated to his 
utmost with the local chairman and with the department at Davenport 
in making the Four Minute Men service a success. Their theatres were 
thrown open to authorized speakers, and although it may have been 
the cause of some inconvenience to the theatre managers they at no 
time shirked their duty on behalf of the Four Minute Men. 

At many tim.es during the work of the Four Minute Men letters of 
commendation were received from Washington and from E. B. Wilson, 
State Chairman, at Des Moines, for the efficient service w^hich was 
being given. 

In addition to the public speeches, special articles on various sub- 
jects which were the subjects of bulletins from Washington were writ- 
ten and published in the newspapers. In this way was conducted the 
campaign for binoculars and spy-glasses which the government bor- 
rowed from owners all over the country. In like manner was con- 
ducted such campaigns as "The Man of the Hour — The Shipbuilder," in 
which concerted effort was made to obtain laborers for the building of 
ships, etc. In this way thousands of people were reached who might 
otherwise have not been addressed on these imporant subjects. 

The eternal and everlasting gratitude of the government was be- 
stowed by the administration upon the workers, and when, on the 24th 
of December, 1918, the organization was finally disbanded and the 
speakers and chairman honorably discharged, the President wrote a 
special letter to the Four Minute Men thanking them and expressing 
his personal and official gratitude for the service that had been rendered 
by the Four Minute Men. 



The Home Guard 



By Charles T. Kindt, Major 



Immediately after the declaration of war by the United States, as 
our National Guard was enlisted into the army, it was deemed necessary 
to form some kind of military organization that would safeguard our 
community. The result was the organization of what is now known 
as the Scott County Home Guard. 

A regular military organization was promulgated and incorporated. 
R. B. Cook v/as elected President; L. M. Marks, First Vice-President; 
Paul Lagomarcino, Second Vice-President; Charles T. Kindt, Secretary, 
and Otto Rieche, Treasurer. The Board of Directors chosen consisted 
of: John Ploehn representing the Manufacturers, M. Landauer repre- 
senting the Merchants, Otto Hill representing the Banks, and R. A. 
Thomson representing the Home Guards. R. B. Cook acting as Secre- 
tary and Otto Rieche as Treasurer of the board. 

The organization was divided into two parts, one a sustaining mem- 
bership to finance the organization and the other an active membership 
which was the military end of the organization. Six thousand dollars 
was subscribed by the various business organizations of Davenport for 
the purpose of furnishing uniforms, etc., to the military members. 

A battalion was formed of somxe two hundred men. Many changes 
were made in the personnel of the battalion due to men constantly 
answering the call for army service. Most of the Home Guard men who 
were inducted into the service were non-commissioned officers within a 
few weeks after their entrance into the army as a result of the training 
they had received in the Home Guard. At the time the armistice was 
signed most of the men who composed the battalion were business and 
professional men who could not qualify for the army. 

Charles T, Kindt was selected Major of the battalion, and officers 
of the four companies were: 

Company "A" — Captain, Frank A. Hetzel; First Lieutenant, R. P. 
Hayes; Second Lieutenant, H. R. Smythe. 

Company "B" — Captain, R. E. Beede; First Lieutenant, Frank L. 
Davis; Second Lieutenant, C. E. Alford. 

Company "C" — Captain, E. A. Sanford (resigned and replaced by 
Geo. T. Crowder); First Lieutenant, W. A. Hutton; Second Lieutenant, 
J. D. Cantwell (resigned and replaced by J. A. Kerrigan). 

Company "D" — Captain, C.L.Leigh; First Lieutenant, A. H. Reupke; 
Second Lieutenant, Chas. F. Cameron. 

Lieut. R. A. Thomson was appointed Battalion Adjutant by Major 
Kindt. 

The military organization immediately became active in drilling and 
in a very short time the entire battalion was in such condition as to be 
able to give the city any assistance it might require in the way of 



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police protection or guard duty. The organization was called upon on 
many occasions and proved very efficient. It was on duty for nearly 
twenty-four hours, continuously, at the time of the celebration of the 
signing of the armistice, when the handling of the excited throng of 
thousands of celebrators without a serious accident marring the happy 
occasion was properly credited in large part to the efficient service of 
the Home Guard. 

A short time after the armistice was signed, the question of dis- 
banding arose, but the battalion was prevailed upon to remain in 
existence until such time as the city and county may have other 
military organizations to take its place. 



The Liberty Chorus 



By E. H. Hall, Director 



Early in the war singing was recognized as a potent agency for 
keeping up the morale of both soldiers and civilians. 

For this purpose E. H. Hall, Choirmaster of Trinity Cathedral, was 
appointed by the Council of Defense as Director of Liberty Choruses for 
Scott county. A large chorus of 250 voices was organized in Davenport 
and smialler choruses in other parts of the county. The Davenport 
chorus was the first and the largest to be organized in the state, and the 
plan formulated for the work here was adopted by many other cities, 
inquiries coming from numxerous other towns and cities to the Scott 
county Director for suggestions and plans to aid them in getting the 
work started in their home towns. 

The chorus furnished the singing for parades, entrainment of 
soldiers, registration meetings, naturalization meetings, and patriotic 
meetings of all kinds throughout the county at all times of the day or 
night. 

The personnel of the chorus was made up from various singing or- 
ganizations. The church choirs, patriotic leagues, Lend-a-Hand, and Y. 
W. C. A., all furnishing their quotas. Prominent soloists and teachers, 
including Mrs. Ludo Bruning-Starbuck, pianist; Mrs. C. M. Cochrane, 
soprano; Mrs. W. T. Waterman, contralto; Miss Elsie Voss, violinist, 
and many others giving liberally of their time and talent. 

The expense for the music was met by each member purchasing 
copies of special numbers for their individual use. Contributions of 
patriotic song books were made by the Schmidt Music Co. and by the 
Tri-City Piano Co. Trinity Cathedral parish very generously offered 
the use of the auditorium of the Parish House for rehearsals, and for 
transportation and many other courtesies the thanks of the chorus are 
due to Miss Alice French. 



The Rotary Club 



By E. M. White, Secretary-Treasurer 



The Rotary Club of Davenport believes that it appointed the first 
Rotary War Service Committee in the country, when such a committee 
was named by President William Korn, April 9, 1917, three days after 
the declaration of war. The members of the committee were George E. 
Decker, Chairman; Charles H. Crowe, Lee J. Dougherty, Sam E. Greene- 
baum, Charles R. Henderson, Chris. Heuck, William Korn, Paul Lago- 
marcino, P. 0. Pederson, Robert A. Thomson, and E. M. White. Presi- 
dents Verner Hayward and Charles R. Henderson, in 1917 and 1918, 
continued the committee. 

A fund of $500 was shortly placed at the disposal of this committee, 
and this was added to from time to time as the war needs grew, an 
assessment of $1.00 per member per month being levied by the club for 
the future use of the committee. 

Chairman Decker's report to May 27, 1919, stated that the earliest 
activity of the committee was the distribution of cards to employers 
who were willing to pledge themselves to re-employ any men who left 
their jobs to enter military service. Recent inquiry has shown that 
eighty-three Rotarians had 413 employes in service, that 169 had re- 
turned, that all were offered their old positions, and that 167 were re- 
employed. 

A Free Employment Bureau was maintained for a time, at a total 
expense of $371, including $50.00 donated to the Farm Improvement 
League when the bureau was turned over to the league. 

When the Batteries and Supply Company left for camp the club 
paid $50.00 per month to each Battery and $25.00 to the Supply Company 
for three months to assist in establishing mess funds. 

Joining the Red Cross in a body, and later subscribing $25.00 a 
month to the local Chapter, the club paid altogether $597 to the Red 
Cross. 

When the draft contingents were leaving, the club with the Patriotic 
Society and later with the Council of Defense united to give them a 
proper send-off at the station. In this $111 was expended, until the 
Council of Defense became financially able to handle the matter alone. 

Hearing from Major N. D. Ely that the Batteries at Camp Cody were 
in need of bedding, the club sent forward $100 at once. It assumed the 
charge of three French orphans for a year, and accepted the privilege of 
much other patriotic service. 

One of the things in which Rotarians took special satisfaction was 
the equipping and maintaining and providing for instruction of the 
Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps. The corps now has 172 members, 
and the club invested $575 in its equipment. If there is a larger or 

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better Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps in the country we do not 
know where it is. 

The club has taken an active part in aiding the Boy Scouts, and 
Rotary Club members assisted in a post-war drive that increased the 
maintenance fund of the Davenport Boy Scout movement to |8,500 a 
year for three years. 

Members of the club who entered military service were Dr. Herbert 
M. Decker, Bert L. Halligan, Dr. Gordon P. Harkness, Erwin G. Hol- 
brook, Dr. F. H. Lamb, Fred W. McDougall, and Fred L. Waterman, 
most of them serving overseas. Charles S. Huber and Edward K. Put- 
nam also served overseas for the "Y" and Red Cross, respectively. 
McDougall was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel for his efficient work in 
organizing telephone service behind the lines, and Waterman to Cap- 
tain, with a majority recommended when the war closed. 



Educational Work 



Believing that unanimity of opinion depended upon uniformity of 
information, the Daughters of the American Revolution sponsored a 
series of meetings at Davenport and at Clinton, at which the Rev. A. M. 
Judy each week discussed the developments of the war and the under- 
lying principles for which we were fighting and which were finally 
victorious. It was a service which proved its value and which might 
well be extended in another similar emergency or to meet the need for 
information on some of the knotty problems of peace times. 



The Public Schools 



By T. J. CowAX 



The Davenport public schools have valid and excellent reasons to 
feel a genuine thrill of pride in the work undertaken and accomplished 
through their agencies in this stupendous struggle out of which we are 
now emerging with high hopes. The youthful patriots of Davenport 
set a lofty example for their seniors. They could not figM but they 
could icork — and work they did. Impassioned hearts, nimble fingers, 
and willing hands found no task too great, no need too exacting, no 
drive too strenuous to daunt their patriotic fervor. The spirit was: 
"Tell us what you want done — we'll do it." 

On May 7, 1917, when the war was yet young so far as we were con- 
cerned, G-erman was ordered out of the local public schools and all the 
German books and paraphernalia with it. It came — 

'• All at once and nothing first, 
J«st as bubbles do when they burst"— 

and such a wave of popular and patriotic approval from the youth of 
Davenport submerged this staid old community as to leave it dum- 
founded and gasping for. breath. Impromptu incinerations of the 
Kaiser and his works, accompanied by appropriate incantations at 
various schools in the city marked the passing of the German. 

One of the most important things in connection with the war taken 
up by the public schools was the governmental plan of War Savings. 
From early in the year 1918 to the last day of that year the various 
schools of the city vied with each other in the purchase of Thrift 
Stamps and the so-called "baby bonds." The sales Avere published 
weekly and the competition was keen. Two schools in the east end of 
the city sold 17,940 Thrift Stamps and 1,740 War Savings Stamps, while 
two other schools in the west end sold 10,970 Thrift Stamps and 508 
War Savings Stamps. The total amount of money realized by the 
public schools of the city from the sale of War Savings Stamps was 
$55,523.52. 

Even before America had taken up arms against Germany much 
regular Red Cross work had been done by children in the schools, and 
this work was continued during the war. The articles made were 
varied and numerous and some of the records will undoubtedly prove to 
be interesting reading. Our boys and girls made 543 sweaters, 122 pairs 
of socks, 63 quilts, 104 scarfs, 156 bath mats, 76 flannel shirts, 63 hel- 
mets, 98 wristlets, 3,832 shot bags, 5,829 bandages, and numerous other 
articles in varying numbers. The High school further contributed 18 
pajamas, 55 pinafores, 36 dresses, 37 aviator coats, 100 flannel petti- 
coats, 400 property bags, 20 small comforts, 2 large comforts, and 23 
bonnets. 

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74 HISTORY OF WAR ACTLVITIES 

In the drive for Junior Red Cross members all of the public schools 
"went over the top," which means that 25 cents for every boy and girl 
in each school was collected. The entire sum of money raised by the 
schools — and this did not include the High school — in support of the 
Junior Red Cross was $1,744.08. The total number of garments made 
by the Junior Red Cross in the schools was 3,545. They made 598 bath 
mats, 1,100 shot bags, 400 property bags, 125 army kits, 200 Red Cross 
banners, 76 scarfs, 40 caps, 12. pairs of wristlets, 15 bootees, 78 scrap 
books, 18 pillows, 1,496 wash cloths, and 5,342 gun wipes. The manual 
training boys made 6 beautiful lamps for nurses' homes, 50 canes for 
crippled soldiers, 25 tables to go to the devastated districts of France, 
and 1,000 knitting needles. In a later Junior Red Cross drive for 
clothing the schools responded with three great truck loads. 

During the month of September, 1918, a drive was made for shells 
and pits to be used by the government in the manufacture of gas masks. 
In this effort the schools collected approximately seventy-five bushels 
of this heretofore despised commodity. 

Patriotism longs to vent itself in song, so the flag salute with its 
accompaniment of school community singing early took its place in the 
system and the song spirit rapidly grew until every school in the list 
had its patriotic song service varying from once a week to once a day. 
It created great patriotic enthusiasm and tended to make every phase of 
war work endeavor more easy of accomplishment. "Over There," 
"Keep the Home Fires Burning," and "The Long, Long Trail" vv^ill be 
fondly cherished memories in the days to come. 

Food was one of the big problems of the war. The old adage, "Take 
no substitutes" was largely supplanted by the new and most insistent 
slogan, "Take nothing but substitutes." How to feed the world was not 
cnly Herbert Hoover's problem but everybody's. The American garden 
leaped into great favor and the school garden took its place in the front 
ranks. All, except two or three schools, had school, or community, 
gardens. Five hundred boys and girls worked these gardens, thus con- 
tributing their bit to the general food supply of the nation. The gar- 
dens ranked from fair to excellent. The value of the produce thus 
raised was estimated to be $1,500, a large part of which was sold at 
market places down in the city. 

In the drive for Victory Boys and Girls at the close of the war all 
the schools again participated. Twelve hundred boys and girls pledged 
themselves to earn and give varying amounts of money from $1.00 to 
$10.00. The total amount collected for this fund was $4,120.88, of which 
amount the High school pledged $3,500. This, together with $4,000 
pledged and paid by High school students to the Y. M. C. A., easily gives 
the Davenport High school first place among High schools of the state in 
that brand of patriotism that finds its outlet in dollars that work. 

The cry, "Send us stuff to read" has not been passed by unheeded. 
Seven hundred books have been donated by the public school children, 
and the magazines and periodicals will run into the thousands. Seven 
musical instruments, 400 victrola records, 87 piano-player rolls, and 
3,185 copies of sheet music have been donated through the efforts of the 
schools. 



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And now, last but by no means least, fifteen French orphans have 
been adopted by various schools in the city and are being supported by 
them — a fitting reminder of the obligations we owe to the weak and 
oppressed of every land in this dawning day of the universal brother- 
hood of man. 



The Ad Club 



By Wm. p. RittePv 



Never before in the history of the world was a war advertised. As 
a weapon, advertising was as powerful as any branch of the military 
forces, because, through it was made possible the raising, the feeding, 
and the financing of the army and navy. 

So much and so generally did the government advertise that on 
every hand, during the course of the war, by banners, posters, street 
car cards, and newspapers, we were informed constantly of the things 
that must be done to win the war. Starting with the first Liberty 
Loan campaign the use of advertising gradually grew until every branch 
of the government was advertising; the Treasury Department, its loans; 
the Fuel Administration, the saving of "A Shovel a Day;" the Food Ad- 
ministration, "Food will Win the War," and so on throughout the entire 
list of departments. 

And to the Advertising Clubs of the country goes much of the credit 
for the completeness and dispatch with which the advertising cam- 
paigns were carried out. Not only did the Advertising Clubs give every 
support as clubs but the individual members answered the government's 
call and leaving their positions went to Washington offering their ser- 
vices in the various advertising campaigns. When the Associated 
Advertising Clubs of America sent out a call, at the beginning of the 
war, every club responded by appointing a war committee whose duty 
it was to carry out any orders the government m.ight be pleased to 
send out. 

Our own club of Davenport had its committee appointed and work- 
ing the day the order was issued; its first assignment was combatting 
the spy menace, which it did speedily and thoroughly. Every available 
space and medium of advertising was used to bring before the people of 
Davenport the necessity for silence to keep spies from gathering valu- 
able information. 

Again when the United War Work Fund was being raised the club 
was given distribution of the advertising and the success with which 
the quota was raised in Davenport attests to the excellent manner in 
which the advertising was managed. And so. on throughout the entire 
course of the war the Davenport Advertiser's Bureau of the Davenport 
Commercial Club, as one in a chain of Advertising Clubs, answered 
every appeal of the government in putting across the greatest advertis- 
ing campaigns the world has ever seen. 



The Y. M. C. A. 



By S. a. Cohagan. District Secretary 



It has been well said that the home of the American soldier was in 
the Red Triangle Hut. Back of the work of the Army Y. M. C. A. stands 
the strength and traditions of the city Young Men's Christian Associa- 
tion. The work done by the local organizations made it possible for the 
Red Triangle to gear itself to meet its greatest opportunity for service 
among young men. 

The Davenport Association was not found wanting, and when the 
war ended five members of the staff were in khaki and blue and three 
of the men saw service in France, and in every war activity the Associa- 
tion did its full share. 

When the time came to raise money and men for the men in the 
army camps the Davenport Y. M. C. A. was made the district center for 
association war purposes of a district comprising the counties of Scott, 
Muscatine, Johnson, and Washington. S. A. Cohagan, General Secre- 
tary of the Davenport Y. M. C. A., was made District Secretary and 
served in that capacity throughout the war. 

In the various drives for finances for "Y" war work Davenport and 
Scott county have always been at the front. The first drive was for 
$2,500, which, looked at from this distance, seems a small and insig- 
nificant sum. The second drive was for $3,500. It is interesting to note 
that the second amount, while much larger than the first amount, was 
raised with much less trouble and worry. In the third drive it took 
the nature of a United War Work Campaign. Davenport again took its 
place as one of the leading associations of the state. Altogether for 
Army Y. M. C. A. work Davenport and Scott county raised practically 
$220,000. 

While the financial side as cared for by the Davenport Young Men's 
Christian Association was very important, another equally important 
matter was cared for by the association as the center. The keynote of 
the war work was personnel. Davenport contributed through the 
assistance of the local association, as the recruiting agency, twenty-nine 
men and women for the Red Triangle service. 

Miss Marion Crandall, of St. Katharine's School, died on the field of 
action, while several of the other workers suffered severely from gas 
and exposure to weather in France. 

Following are the names of those who so actively served in the Red 
Triangle: 

Arthur C. Hall, A. E. F. Herbert Eldridge. 

Frank Cole, A. E. F. Clifford Nickle. 

L. W. McKown. W. A. McCulloch, A. E. F. 

O. E. Johnson. Francis M. Leaman. 

Louis Wunschel. Mott R. Sawyers. 

Chas. Elliott, A. E. F. Chas. Huber, A. E. F. 

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M. B. Cobb, A. E. F. W. P. Dodge, A. E. F. 

Burton James Gardner, A. E. F. Geo. W. Cannon, A. E. F. 

Frederick Mason, A. E. F. E. S. Kindley. 

Arthur W. Van Hcuten, A. E. F. Herman Pieper. 

Fred J. Walker, A. E. F. U. S. Screechfield, A. E. F. 

Chas. Wilber Daly, A. E. F. Miss Pearl Hood, A. E. F. 

R. D. Brown. . Miss Helen Vincent, A. E. F. 

D. F. Scribner, A. E. F. E. T. Heald, A. E. F. 

L. N. Gansworth, A. E. F. Miss Marion Crandall, A. E. F. 

The letters A. E. F. denote those who are serving with the American 
Expiditionary Forces. 

The Davenport Y. M. C. A. played a prominent part in the establish- 
ment of the Y. M. C. A. Hut on the Government Island. Working in 
close co-operation with the secretary there we were priviledged to 
assist in equipping the building and furnishing the names of those who 
served on the committees for the Arsenal Y. M. C. A. work. 

Not only did the Y. M. C. A. endeavor to do its full share for the 
men in khaki and blue, but it also endeavored to look after the interests 
and welfare of the men in industries. Through the assistance of the 
National War Work Council it was possible to extend the association 
activities tc the men of Rock Island Arsenal. A constructive program 
was carried through with the assistance of the War Work Council. 

The American soldier boy was practically never without the Y. M. 
C. A. The secretarial staff of the Davenport association were called on 
to accompany every troop train that left the city. Important service 
was rendered in helping the men to while away the otherwise tedious 
hours while enroute to the camps. 

The Davenport Service Flag displays 350 stars. Its members were 
in all branches of the service. Some lie buried in the poppy fields of 
Flanders, others were in German prison camps, still others in the ice- 
bound plains of Russia. One member of the association in the uniform 
of the army secretary, has risked the terrors of Bolshevikism in Russia 
to serve from Petrograd to Vladivostok the fighting heroes of the 
Czecho-Slavs. 

And with the soldiers coming home the association stands ready to 
welcome them. To every returning soldier and sailor registering at 
the building we are giving a three month's service membership, which 
entitles him to the full privileges of the organization. 



The Knights of Columbus 



By E. M. Sharox 



Loras Council of tlie Knights of Columbus includes in its member- 
sbip Bishop Davis, all of the priests of the city, and has at the present 
time 900 members, about sixty of whom joined the Council in 1918, 
and 181 since the first of January, this year. About two-thirds of the 
Council are associate members; the insurance members includes the 
younger men of service age. One hundred and fifty of the members 
entered the military or naval service of the United States. A large 
proportion went with the Davenport Batteries or enlisted before the 
selective draft went into effect. The local Council furnished seven 
doctors — McCarthy, Foley, Glynn, Barton, Martin, R. R. Kulp, and 
Murphy — and six chaplains — Fathers Barry, J. A. Donahoe, O'Donnell, 
Nugent, Wm. Lawlor, and Ryan. 

A number of members received commissions outside of the doctors 
and chaplains. Some of them did not get over to the battle front in 
Europe, but all of them performed the duty that the government asked 
of them. These members of the Council are the ones who gave the real 
service. They made the sacrifice of leaving home, breaking family 
ties, giving all they had and all that was in them for their country, God, 
and humanity. They shared with the millions who got there first, the 
d'auntless spirit, enthusiasm, and bravery which ended the war before 
they got there. 

Others who stayed at home did fairly well. On the first appeal of 
the Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus for §1,000,000 for war 
welfare service, the 600 members of the local Council paid $1,200, on 
the second appeal for $3,000,000 they raised $7,500, and they were active 
and conspicuous in the United States War Fund Drive, as members of 
the executive committee, on the speaking program, and as contributors. 

The Knights of Columbus have been enthusiastic supporters of the 
Red Cross. They were enrolled as members en masse. The Council 
and members contributed to the national and local organization. They 
take great pride in the noted and efficient service which Dr. D. J. Mc- 
Carthy was able to render under the auspices of the American Red 
Cross in Rumania and Serbia. 

The Knights of Columbus members have assisted other organizations 
— the Salvation Army, Library Association, Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A., 
Jewish Welfare, Community Service — and have stood behind our Council 
of Defense. They have been active on the exemption boards and in 
cheering the boys going to the training camps and welcoming them 
home. 

Francis J. McCullough made a very efficient Social Secretary with the 
Knights of Columbus Welfare Service at Camp Dodge, and he and other 
Knights of Columbus secretaries did much to entertain the boys before 



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they went across and since they have come back. Later he was as- 
signed to overseas duty, and sailed for France. 

On the Liberty Loan and the War Savings Stamps drives the Knights 
of Columbus have taken a conspicuous part. Besides furnishing cap- 
tains for five teams, they had many members working with them. 

In 1918 Loras Council bought $3,000 of the 31/2 per cent bonds, and it 
is estimated by those who had to do with the drives, that the Knights 
of Columbus members have taken upward of $1,000,000 of the Liberty 
Loans, and they wel^e among the heavy purchasers of War Savings 
Stamps. Loras Council must acknowledge the assistance, material and 
co-operative, given by Bishop Davis, the clergy, and Catholics of the 
city, and the Catholic Women's League for aid in local welfare work. 

That they might be able to give to men returning home some of the 
service given by the Knights of Columbus Welfare Service in our train- 
ing camps and on the battle fronts, they raised by voluntary contribu- 
tions about $25,000 to purchase and equip the club house at Sixth and 
Main streets. This is open to all soldiers and sailors, whether mem- 
bers or not — service in the army or navy being the only badge needed 
to enjoy all the facilities of the club. The Council paid the dues and 
assessments of each of its members Avhile in service and has organized 
committees to look after the employment of soldiers and sailors re- 
turning. 

In complying with your request to give you something of the Knights 
of Columbus war activities what has struck me as the most distinctive 
phase is: the unconsciousness of the officers and members that they did 
anything as KJnights of Columbus. Ask any member or officer what the 
Knights of Columbus have done during the Avar period and in most 
cases he will never have thought of it. He does not think of the boys 
who went to the front as fellow members of the Knights of Columbus. 
He does not think of the work done for the Red Cross and Liberty Loan 
and the Welfare Service from the standpoint of his order. 

I have had the hardest kind of work getting the incomplete data 
here given. I could find no official record of Knights of Columbus 
activities. No credit marks were given for the work of any member of 
the Council, no matter how conspicuous. And the men who did the 
work, carried the Red Cross into the devastation of Rumania and 
Serbia, who fought overseas, or headed the Liberty Loan drives did not 
think that they were Knights of Columbus. The thing which I ask for 
the Knights of Columbus and their war time service is that you give 
them credit for the higher vision that saw only the flag, the purpose of 
their country, the v\-ounds of humanity, and the duties of American 
citizens, a cause vastly higher and broader and greater than their order 
or their city. 



The Lend -a- Hand Club 



By Miss Jeaxette McFarquhar, Executive Secretary 



When the United States entered the war there was no organization 
which felt its obligation more keenly than the Lend-a-Hand Club, an 
organization of almost 2,000 employed girls and women. Whereas be- 
fore it had been busy taking care of the girls of Davenport, it now 
turned its efforts towards helping every war cause that was launched 
in the city, and contributed to various war projects more than $25,000 
in money. 

On its own responsibility the club put over a number of drives which 
resulted in their raising funds for a Red Cross ambulance and a collec- 
tion of 115,000 worth of good clothes for the Belgians. 

In the first a house-to-house canvass was made for old jewelry, iron, 
brass, and metals of all sorts which sold for $1,085, and made possible 
an ambulance for the French field, a gift of the girls of Davenport. 

This drive was followed by a city-wide campaign which brought into 
the receiving station three full car loads of good clothing, valued at 
$15,000. This consignment was shipped to Belgium for the suffering 
people Qt that country. 

The club supplied a corps of workers for two Red Cross campaigns — 
one for membership and another for funds — their efforts realizing more 
than $3,000. It also assumed the responsibility of reaching the women 
of the city in the Y. M. C. A. drive, and secured in the neighborhood of 
$2,500. It presented a vaudeville as a part of the Red Cross County 
Fair, the receipts amounting to $135. The organization was also rep- 
resented in the Salvation Army drive, while its Marine Scouts, girls of 
school age, sold $893 worth of War Savings Stamps, the club incidentally 
winning a prize of $10.00 for the most attractive patriotic booth. 

Looking to the training of women and girls who might be called into 
service as drivers of commercial cars or overseas ambulances, the club 
conducted a course in auto-mechanics which attracted forty women, 
including the entire motor corps. A class in first aid was one of the 
most popular classes conducted. 

Covering a period of several months, the Lend-a-Hand girls worked 
regularly on Tuesday evenings for the Red Cross, making bandages, 
pneumonia jackets, drains, and other hospital supplies, while a large 
number of them enrolled in the patriotic chorus and did their share in 
"keeping the home fires burning" till the boys would come home. 

The High school girls were organized under the direction of the 
Lend-a-Hand Club for the making of scrap books for convalescent 
soldiers, and eighteen patriotic floats were contributed to the Fourth of 
July parade. 

The Lend-a-Hand girls took upon themselves the decoration and 
furnishing of the Y. M. C. A. hut library at Rock Island Arsenal, 

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provided flowers for their flower beds, hung pretty curtains at the 
windows, secured attractive pictures for the library through the cour- 
tesy of the Art League, furnished cots, a large clock, and several pieces 
of furniture for various rooms, and assembled furnishings for the office 
of the religious secretary. They also provided teachers for the soldiers' 
classes, the instructors being conveyed each evening to the hut by the 
Davenport Motor Corps. A series of dances was also given in honor of 
the boys at the Arsenal. 

In order to help the rooming situation, the club opened a rooming 
house for war and other workers, operating it at the smallest possible 
cost to the guests. 

Practically every girl bought Liberty Bonds from each issue, and 
almost everyone knitted, sewed, and did all they could to conform to 
the demands of the hour. The club sent some of its members overseas, 
to France, England, Italy, and Serbia. It also presented the 126th Over- 
seas Regimental Band to an audience of 12,000 people, and launched a 
second door-to-door canvass for the Red Cross, amounting to one full 
carload of clothing and shoes. Five thousand dollars of its money was 
invested in Victory Bonds, and to round up the good work it is about to 
celebrate peace by investing $1,000, earned from the sale of junk, in 
some sort of reconstruction work. 



The Y. W. C. A. 



By Mrs. Henry W. Vo]sr Maur. District Chairman 



The Young Women's Christian Association, with a membership of 
patriotic women and girls was always ready to do its part in the win- 
ning of the great war. 

In each Red Cross drive the girls formed teams, and in the 1918 
drive the teams headed by a Y. W. C. A. girl brought in the largest 
amount, $1,360. 

In the National Y. W. C. A. War Drive in 1917 and in the United War 
Work Drive in 1918, the Y. W. C. A. did its full share in taking the quota 
over the top. Mrs. Henry W. Von Maur, President of the local associa- 
tion, was District Chairman of the Woman's Division, and Miss Dotha 
S. Varker, General Secretary, was District Chairman of the Victory 
Girls, the girls' division of the United War Drive. 

In the Armenian drive in the spring of 1919, the Y. W. C. A. had four 
teams, and the largest amount brought in by any one team in the drive 
was brought by a Y. W. C. A. girl. The girls and women rallied 
heroically in each Liberty Loan drive. In order to create interest the 
girls had a booth, the only one in the city, in the Davenport Hotel for 
the fourth loan and sold $3,600 in bonds. They also furnished speakers 
at times. 

The Y. W. C. A. organized the first Patriotic League in the city of 
Davenport. Twenty-two young women met January 28, 1918, at the 
boarding home, 611 Brady street, and after hearing the purpose of the 
league as originally worked out by the Junior War Work Council of the 
National Board in New York, the girls voted to organize, and the mem- 
bership soon grew to 478. The league met at the rooms, 611 Brady 
street, each Monday night until April 29th, and made muslin bandages, 
layettes, shot bags, hospital garments, kits for soldiers, and knit socks 
and sweaters. After April 29th they met at the Red Cross rooms, and 
12,279 gauze bandages, pads, and tampons were made. An average of 
seventy-five girls attended each meeting. In addition to this, many 
girls worked on Thursday evenings. Often on Monday evening instruc- 
tive lectures and talks were given by prominent men and women of the 
city, keeping the girls in touch with the most urgent needs at that par- 
ticular time. In 1918 the league adopted two French orphans, and in 
April, 1919, a permanent organization was formed, the purpose of which 
is to continue to help the French children. 

The league girls gave several parties for the soldiers stationed at the 
Arsenal; they also made a beautiful float, the Liberty Bell and Goddess 
of Liberty, and had 150 girls in a patriotic parade on July 4th. They 
secured books and magazines for the boys at the Arsenal, and when the 
Red Cross put on their County Fair, the league girls featured a program 
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Stripes, the Spirit of '76, the Sinking of the Maine, Joan of Arc, and 
Columbia. This netted the Red Cross $148. 

Uncle Sam had two armies in the war, one made up of men and one 
of girls and women. Many readjustments were necessary when the 
girl entered definite war work. She was the girl behind the man behind 
the gun, and her needs were many. The Y. W. C. A. saw this need in 
Davenport. The boarding home at 611 Brady street was re-arranged to 
accommodate forty-five girls instead of twenty-five housed in normal 
times, and in September, 1918, they affiliated with the National Associa- 
tion and established club and recreation rooms at 104% West Second 
street. These rooms were opened for all the girls of the city with a 
large, well equipped gymnasium; a lavatory with a tub and shower 
bath; a rest room with five comfortable cots; a living room furnished 
with comfortable chairs, books, magazines, and daily papers, a small 
writing desk where paper is furnished for "home letter" writing; two 
cozy club rooms and a kitchenette. All this was made possible by the 
War Work Council, at a cost of $9,000. 

The association conducted various educational classes for stimulat- 
ing patriotism, and always the Y. W. C. A. girl could be depended upon 
for her best whenever her country called. 



War Camp Community Service 



By Wm. C. Kjn^oelck, Executive Secretary 



War Camp Community Service was organized by the Commissions 
on Training Camp Activities operating under the War and Navy De- 
partments for the purpose of doing in communities adjacent to camps 
what the governmentally established morale-sustaining agencies did for 
the boys within the camps. The job of the Tri-City War Camp Com- 
munity Service was to do this work for our boys in Davenport, Rock 
Island, and Moline. 

Davenport was chosen as one of the links in the Tri-City activities 
because it was visited extensively by the soldiers stationed on the Arse- 
nal Island. In December, 1917, the ground was carefully looked over 
with a view to determining the need for War Camp Community Service 
aid. A secretary was sent and he opened his office on the mezzanine 
floor of the Blackhawk Hotel. All the religious, social, and recreational 
facilities were asked to join in a co-operative way to systematize the 
work. The readiness of the response and the continued co-operation of 
the various institutions marked Davenport as one of the hospitable 
cities in the generous West. 

To give a statistical idea of the tremendous benefit of the work it 
may be added that there were given to the soldiers 118 dances, 45 play 
parties; 51 entertainments, most of them of a musical character; 17 
baseball games; one big smoker; two boxing bouts; 12 football games; 
20 Sunday auto parties; 10 large lawn parties, and over 2,000 Sunday 
dinners. 

Later cne of the offices in the Putnam Building was made the local 
headquarters of the War Camp Community Service. With this change 
came a wider sphere of activities. It was found that in order to win 
the war the morale of men employed in production centers — and 
especially at arsenals — had to be raised and maintained just as in the 
case of soldiers. With this basic proposition in view, the Davenport 
Arsenal Workers Club was organized. Fifty per cent of the 15,000 Arsenal 
workers lived in Davenport, and hence it was felt that Davenport was 
peculiarly fitted for such work. A lease was secured on the Armory 
building in Davenport and the use of the property was granted for the 
sum of $1.00 per year. The city of Davenport put the Armory in good 
physical condition, and it became the duty of the War Camp Community 
Service to equip the club with furniture, pool tables, card tables, and 
other necessary furnishings for a comfortable club. The club member- 
ship increased to about 900 within a very short time, each man paying 
$1.00 initiation fee and 50 cents a month for dues. Programs and en- 
tertainments, and good talks and lectures put a larger "win the war" 
spirit into these men and created a feeling of friendliness that helped 
materially in increasing production. The labor turn-over on the Island 

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was appreciably lessened as the war program became more definitely 
inaugiirated, and the clubs should be given their just share of credit 
for this result. 

With a vision of greater usefulness and realizing that the "morn of 
victory is more perilous than its eve," the membership of the Daven- 
port club was induced to extend its sphere of activities by admitting 
workers from other than Arsenal industries. Wishing to promote the 
welfare and happiness of its members and their families and par- 
ticularly to stimulate the devotion of all its members to community 
welfare — so the constitution recites — the club is one of the big factors in 
building up the civic pride of Davenport. 

Another large piece of work laid out for the War Camp Community 
Service was the organization of the girls into patriotic leagues. This 
work really had its start through the activity of the social committees 
in finding girls for soldier dances, but the organized work began on 
April 8, 1918. The idea of the league was to mobilize the scattered 
energies of the girls of the towns into a centralized effort to help in 
winning the war. It was to dignify for the girl her stay-at-home job, 
and it was to furnish normal recreation and social opportunity that the 
abnormal condition caused by the war might be minimized. 

The work developed along three lines, service, recreation, and edu- 
cation. The service work was of various kinds, embracing work for 
the community as well as war activities. Nights for Red Cross work 
were regularly established; Belgian relief was part of these activities, 
as was also adopting French orphans, entertaining soldiers at dances, 
dinners, parties, etc. The girls took an active part in all war drives. 
One group sold $1,400 War Savings Stamps in two days; they made 
$315 for the United War Drive, and $120 for city playgrounds. A little 
paper was published by one factory group. The sheet was full of home 
news for the boys on that group's service flag. The community work 
embraced such things as taking care of poor families, providing Christ- 
mas baskets, aiding girls needing help, social service in parks, and 
furnishing the library at the "Y" hut. 

The girls formed a military drill company and had at one time 400 
girls drilling. A large dancing class of 200 members was formed. 

The widespread and excellent support given War Camp Community 
Service can be appreciated only by the long list of names and institu- 
tions that loyally co-operated in the service. There is space here to 
give only the chairmen and officers: Colonel G. W. Burr, Colonel L. T. 
Hillman, Colonel H. B. Jordan, Alfred C. Mueller, William Butterworth, 
P. C. Denkman, Charles Grilk. A. F. Dawson did excellent service as 
Treasurer. William Padget, sent to the Tri-Cities as Executive Secre- 
tary from headquarters, carried on the work until succeeded by William 
C. Knoelk, early in 1919. 

The big service of the War Camp Community Service lay not in in- 
dividual details of action, but in the sum total of all those little acts 
of self-sacrifice and self-determination which make for that social ad- 
vance which typifies true democracy. 



The Boy Scouts 



By V. V. Allen. Scout Executive 



At the time of a declaration of a state of war, a plan of mobilization 
orders had already been issued to call the Boy Scouts to march to the 
City Hall and to formally offer the services of the Boy Scout organiza- 
tion of Davenport to the Mayor of the city. 

With the news of the declaration of war, the Boy Scouts were out in 
full force and marched to the City Hall. Their offer of service was 
smilingly accepted — no one at that time dreamed of the splendid service 
that the Boy Scouts were to render. 

The first call for service came with the slogan: "Every Scout to feed 
a soldier." The Boy Scouts of Davenport responded to the suggestion 
that every Scout should have his own garden and to urge ten other 
people to put in gardens. We all know the result. The Boy Scouts 
helped to bring home to the citizens of Davenport a sense of the value 
of backyard gardens. 

With the coming of spring there was a general demand for a bigger 
service than the individual gardens. As a result arrangements were 
made whereby the Scouts took over the tract of ground belonging to the 
Arsenal Holding Corporation. This tract of ground consisted of eight 
acres. Under the direction of Scout Commissioner John W. Cooper 
committees were appointed to take care of plowing and planting the 
ground. The crop was put in and gotten well under way before sum- 
mer camping time. 

The Boy Scout camp that year was the best in the history of the 
organization. Following the summer camp, the next activity to be 
taken up was the harvesting of the potato crop. The Scouts harvested 
over 400 bushels from the field. 

Close on the heels of this activity came the second Liberty Loan. 
The Scouts were on their mettle for this campaign, over forty winning 
medals for bond sales. 

Scout Executive Carl Becker resigned to enter the Ordnance De- 
partment of the army. Former Scout Commissioner, John Wallace 
Cooper, received his commission as captain and went overseas. 

The end of the year brought with it the necessity of the election of 
a new Council. It was at this juncture that the Boys' Committee of the 
Rotary Club, casting about for some worthy field of work among boys, 
decided to take over the job of getting the Boy Scouts organization in 
Davenport on its feet and going strong. 

W. T. Waterman, as president of the committee, at once began a 
vigorous campaign of re-organization with the result that an A 1 
council was selected. V. V. Allen was secured as Scout Executive. 
Some new troops were being organized, and old ones regenerated, and 
when the third Liberty Loan came on the Boy Scouts gave a good 

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account of themselves. Their pledges in that campaign amounted to 
$50,600. 

About this time the Board of Directors of the Rotary Club con- 
ceived the idea of establishing and supporting a Scout Fife, Drum, and 
Bugle Corps — an organization which was to take part in patriotic 
parades, to act as escort to draft contingents, and to give Boy Scouts 
the splendid training afforded in work of this kind. 

Of the various draft contingents which left Davenport there was 
only one for which the Boy Scouts did not furnish a flag escort. That 
one came very near producing several fatalities. 

All arrangements were made, notice was sent out, Scouts were 
notified to be on hand at the Dempsey Hotel at 4 o'clock in the morning. 
All well and good, but the Scout who was to have notified the others in 
the morning slept past his alarm clock and the flag escort did not 
appear. The result was that McCulloch, Phillips, Petersberger, Home, 
and those others leading the draft contingent with a tiny American flag 
held aloft were chaffed unmercifully, and Scout headquarters was hard 
put to it to offer a satisfactory explanation. They were ready to do 
murder, but that did not help the situation. 

In May of 1918 came the task of looking for walnut trees, the result 
being that the Boy Scouts of Davenport located for the government two 
carloads of walnut lumber and listed the exact location of every tree, 
the name of the owner, and the price he would be willing to take. The 
Boy Scouts of America the country over were able to report to the gov- 
ernment 6,000 carloads of lumber after the government experts had 
declared that the available supply was exhausted. 

In the fourth Liberty Loan everyone recognized that the Boy Scouts 
were up against a very difficult task. Some had even suggested that 
they be permitted to work along with the Liberty Loan teams; however, 
it was felt that their best service could be done by having them solicit 
as gleaners after the reapers as they had done before. In this role 
they secured subscriptions amounting to $110,000. 

The Boy Scouts' .participation in the United War Work Drive took 
the form of their leading the peace day parade and carrying a huge 
flag into which contributions were thrown amounting to somewhere 
near $268. 

At about the time of the fourth Liberty Loan a call had come 
through the Red Cross for a "pit and shell" campaign to secure materials 
from which to make gas masks. Nothing had ever appealed to the boys 
quite so much, and at the time of the signing of the armistice there 
were tons of pits and shells ready to be forwarded. 

All during the year 1918 the Boy Scouts were busy with the War 
Savings Stamp campaign. The result was that the Boy Scouts sold 
over $52,000 worth of stamps. 

In the meantime, December 24th, the Boy Scouts put over one of the 
best pieces of work that they had managed so far. The Industrial 
Relief Society had listed very carefully all of the deserving and needy 
poor of the city. They had prepared baskets to be sent out to these 
people. The delivery of these baskets had never been found a difficult 
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which blocked the streets with snow. All day the Boy Scouts detailed 
for the work kept on the job, and it was quite late in the afternoon 
before the last package was delivered. The Boy Scouts had surely 
made good on their oath to help other people at all times. 

To sum up the work of the Boy Scouts during the war: They took 
Liberty Loan subscriptions amounting to over $298,000, they sold War 
Savings Stamps amounting to $52,000, they helped with the distributing 
of Red Cross publicity material, they helped with the distributing of 
Council of Defense posters, they made a canvass of the available walnut 
trees of the country, they collected a huge amount of pits and shells, 
helped with industrial relief, helped in the United War Work, and their 
Fife and Drum Corps had given inspiration to the United War Work 
Drive teams. And in the midst of all this service their organization 
had prospered, had grown far beyond the comparatively limited organ- 
ization at the beginning of the war. They had proven the truth of the 
adage: "He profits most who serves best." 



The Davenport Woman's Club 



By Mrs. Louis Block, Recording Secretary 



In the summer of 1914 a terrible depression overcame the world. 
Women everywhere began to measure up their qualifications to live the 
best and do the most to alleviate and end the sufferings and evils of the 
most terrible conflict of history. Many women had husbands or sons or 
brothers who left for Canada to swear allegiance to the English flag 
that they might get in their best efforts to hasten its end. As soon as 
Uncle Sam joined the allies war work was the greatest bend of each de- 
partment of the Woman's Club. No meetings were held at which there 
were not many, many knitters among the audience, women even knitting 
in the street cars to and from the meetings. 

The Home Department brought about a lasting education in the 
conservation of all kinds of materials and foods, by having talks or 
papers or practical demonstrations on the purchasing of worth-while 
materials, not only pleasing to the eye, but having durability of quality, 
also the practical and economical make-up and use of these wares. 
Many lessons of thrift were taught by the lectures on gardening, hydrat- 
ing, canning, preserving, using substitutes, the preparation and the 
serving of foods. At one m.eeting each member was asked to bring a 
generous sample of an original dish which was passed around that all 
might look at it and guess its contents. It was passed again that each 
might have a taste, then its recipe was given and noted if cared for. So 
many original dishes were at hand that it was necessary to overstep the 
time. One conservation luncheon was demonstrated at which 145 mem- 
bers were served at a cost of 19 cents each. One meeting was devoted 
to making new out of old, the removal of spots, etc. Work along these 
lines is still continuing. 

The War Savings Stamps Committee succeeded in selling 547 War 
Savings Stamps, amounting to $2,285.44; 1,058 Thrift Stamps, amounting 
to $264.50, a total of $2,549.94. 

The Education Department supervised the making and shipping of 
5,000 trench candles to the chairman of the Navy League at Washington, 
D. C. 

The Hospital Committee made weekly, sometimes bi-weekly visits, 
with occasional telephone calls to find out the condition and the morale 
of the convalescent soldiers detained in the Rock Island Post Hospital. 
Games, sporting gloves, and balls, rocking-chairs and cushions were 
supplied and much appreciated. A phonograph with a number of new 
records and a piano were placed in the hospital. A billiard table was 
also installed. Forty dollars was placed at the disposal of the hospital 
head to procure needed medicines not found on the government list. 
Also twelve dozen oranges, twelve dozen lemons, and five pairs of bed- 
room socks were contributed. Three hundred triangle bandages were 

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made and sent to various liospital stations. Several sick soldiers were 
transported to this hospital from troop trains and given the best of 
attention. On quarantine of the Spanish influenza epidemic all calls 
were discontinued and only flowers were acceptable. A cottage for the 
nurses was made comfortable by being furnished with rugs, scrim cur- 
tains, cushions, writing-desks, electric iron, flowers, fruit, jelly, and tea. 
Entertainment for nurses began but quarantine interrupted. Flowers 
were sent for the burial of a nurse. 

Under the Y. M. C. A. Committee a series of lectures was given by 
Rev. Arthur M. Judy, on "The Advancement of the Allied Armies." 
From five hundred to a thousand pounds of magazines and ether read- 
ing material were collected per week. When fully digested at this post 
this reading matter was forwarded to the government proving grounds 
at Savanna, 111. This work is still going on. 

Under the Arsenal Y. M. C. A. Hut Entertainment Committee twenty- 
one programs were given in July, with 105 entertainers and 8,400 in 
attendance; twenty-three in August, with ninety-two entertainers and 
9,200 in attendance; twenty-four in September, with 120 entertainers 
and 12,000 in attendance, and sixteen in October, with eighty enter- 
tainers and 8,000 in attendance. The work being most difficult because 
it fell at the noon hour, a most disadvantageous time for the overseer 
and entertainers. "The noon hour being short necessitated the opening 
of the entertainment on the minute and a rapid continuance to the close. 
A large variety of talent had to be secured to keep up the interest. This 
was done without one criticism from the War Department, which scru- 
tinized each entertainer most sceptically, showing wonderful organizing 
ability, patriotic spirit, and self-sacrifice."— (From J. F. Tasher, Camp 
General Secretary.) 

The Music Department held open house for soldiers on Christmas 
day, 1917, at the Davenport Commercial Club. Continuous entertain- 
ment was furnished for three hours, including violin, piano, and vocal 
solos, humorous readings, fancy dancing, impersonations, and the sing- 
ing together of songs when the soldiers surrounded the piano and joined 
in. The Home Department served cake and coffee. In January a 
"visit and sing" was held at the Masonic Temple, very like the former, 
for the soldiers of the Arsenal. This time the Music Department served 
the cake and coffee. Later a similar song and festival was given at 
Unity Hall. 

During the spring, on five Sunday afternoons, community sings were 
held at the Davenport High School auditorium, which drew capacity 
houses. Several hundred were turned away, the auditorium and stage 
only accommodating about 1,400 people. These were open to everyone; 
many soldiers attended, several taking parts on the programs. (This 
work was later turned over to T. P. Ratcliffe, of the War Camp Com- 
munity Service.) 

Many active club members took part in the almost daily noon pro- 
grams given at the Arsenal "Y" Hut, and a number of them entertained 
at Camp Dodge and Camp Grant. In the fall of 1918 thirty-two instru- 
ments were collected for war camps and cantonments, including a piano, 
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mandolins, two phonographs, with 189 cylinder records, two accordions, 
three zithers, 658 Victrola records, 289 player-piano rolls, about 8,000 
sheets of music, 600 Etude magazines, and several books of music. The 
valuation of these instruments, records, and music amo'unt to over 
$3,000. These were assorted and packed and sent to various places. 
From this work letters of appreciation are still arriving. One message 
from Camp Cody saying "it is the spirit like this back home that has 
helped to win the war." 



Friendly House 



By Harry E. Dowxee, Head Resident 



The war activities of Friendly House? Nothing especial — just about 
those of other folks. All who came to the Settlement were filled with 
win-the-war Americanism and did what they could. The older boys 
joined the colors. The younger boys made hospital scrapbooks, picked 
oakum, made gunwipes, and trench candles. A boys' knitting class 
turned out creditable work. The younger girls knitted soldiers' wear 
and the older ones did all manner of work, specializing on clothing for 
refugees. An evening group of young people did anything the Red 
Cross asked. A West Davenport branch of the Red Cross was estab- 
lished by the ladies of that section of the city and here they worked 
through the afternoon or all day as the call for help varied in in- 
sistence. The conservation of food was encouraged through canning 
clubs. Much food was saved by the school district dehydrator located 
for the summer at Friendly House. A three days' conservation exhibit 
was held in the theatre and gym. 

The flame of patriotism was fanned by the singing of audiences at 
the weekly motion picture entertainments and the monthly vaudevilles. 
The motion picture screen was steadily employed in showing patriotic 
pictures and making announcements regarding Liberty Loans, War 
Savings Stamps, and fuel and food conservation. The morale of the rep- 
resentatives of the Settlement in the army was steadied by many letters 
written by large groups of young people gathered in evening classes and 
clubs. The Settlement drookery printed and mailed a Rcund-the-World 
Chat, giving the news of each of the seventy-nine members of the classes, 
of the corps of instruction, and of the Board of Trustees to each absent 
one. The memory of these defenders of our homes w^as kept bright by 
a large service flag. 

Throughout the war Americanization w^ork was done. The foreign 
born were constantly urged to achieve citizenship and helped in the 
endeavor. The Head Resident instructed classes in civics, maintained 
by the Davenport Institute. Friendly House joined other welfare organ- 
izations in trying to make sure that when the country was saved it 
should be found to be worth saving. 



The Catholic Women's League 



By Mrs. J. J. Dorgan 



When war was declared by the United States, the keynote of the 
Catholic Women's League became "Service." 

All our activities were along war lines, and the League became a 
central organization through which the Catholic women of the city did 
their war work. We co-operated with all national movements — Red 
Cross, civilian relief, food conservation, promoting sale of Liberty 
Bonds, War Savings and Thrift Stamps, and United War Work. 

A representative from our organization attended all meetings of im- 
portance on war work, and brought back ideas on what our club could 
best do to further the project on hand, and the members were ever 
willing and ready to do their part. 

At the beginning of the Red Cross Society in Davenport we solicited 
memberships, and during the first week our club had the honor of 
securing the largest number of members. We gave $5.00 a month during 
the period of the war to the Red Cross permanent fund of the local Red 
Cross. 

We established Red Cross sewing rooms in all the Catholic parishes 
of the city, with chairman in charge. From these rooms were turned 
out 180 anti-vermin garments, 12,000 bandages, 300 bed shirts, 50 pairs 
of pajamas, 40 bed jackets, 15 convalescent robes, 20 pairs armlets, 600 
sweaters, 80 pairs wristlets, 75 helmets, 110 pairs mitts, four scarfs, and 
4,876 shot bags. 

One day each week was also given by our niembers to the down town 
Red Cross rooms. Our club also had charge of the "coal booth" at the 
Red Cross County Fair, which netted $309. 

Every member of Batteries B and D was furnished with a good-sized 
khaki bag filled with cigars, tobacco, etc., when he left for camp. 

Our club entertained 200 soldiers from the Rock Island Arsenal at a 
dancing party at the Outing Club and helped in securing hostesses for 
the soldiers for Sunday and holiday dinners. 

A big mass meeting was held in the interest of the fourth Liberty 
Loan with an outside speaker and patriotic music. The club did much 
in the educational line in the Liberty Loan campaigns, and also was in- 
strumental in the sale of a number of bonds. 

During "War Savings Stamps Cash Sale" week in November we had 
a booth in the lobby of the Davenport Hotel and sold more stamps than 
any other booth in the city. We also sold stamps at the polling places 
at the November election. 

Many lectures and demonstrations were given before our club on the 
subject of food conservation. Our Home Department had a program 
entirely along this line. 

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We assisted the Knights of Columbus of the state of Iowa in their 
educational work. A representative of our organization attended the 
meetings along this line in Des Moines. We contributed to the Knights 
of Columbus fund, and also for the furnishing of curtains for the 
Knights of Columbus hut. 

We furnished three chaplains' outfits, and numerous religious out- 
fits, and sent forty Christmas packages through the National Christ 
Child Society to the boys in France. These packages were furnished by 
the children of the parochial schools. 

The Pine Arts Department of the league collected and sent to can- 
tonments in need of them 300 Victrola records, fifty piano rolls, and 
thousands of pieces of sheet music. 

We have endeavored to do a part in the "care of young girls" prob- 
lem, which was before us during the war. By cc-operating with the 
War Camp Community Service we found that through a little earnest 
effort we were able to accomplish much. 

Our league joined the Women's Committee of the Davenport Unit of 
the Council of National Defense upon its organization here, and has 
taken active part in all work taken up by the local unit. 



The Scott County Farm Bureau 



By G. R. Bliss, County Agriculturist 



When the United States entered the war We were handicapped seri- 
ously by two unfortunate circumstances. The wheat in the great 
Northern spring wheat belt had been blasted the preceding season by a 
disastrous epidemic of black rust. Moreover, unfavorable winter con- 
ditions in 1916-1917 had completely killed all the winter wheat, all the 
clover, most of the alfalfa, much of the fruit, and many useful perennial 
plants throughout the central Mississippi Valley. Thus we went into 
the war facing a big shortage of wheat and a great dearth of hay and 
forage crops. How these difficulties were overcome and Iowa emerged 
after two years with the largest crop records known, despite the whole^ 
sale drafting and enlistment of experienced farm help, constitutes an 
interesting and inspiring chapter in American agriculture. 

Having been in operation since September, 1912, the Scott County 
Farm Improvement League was prepared to take up without delay the 
work which the declaration of war by the United States against Ger- 
many rendered necessary. The administration early recognized the 
importance of such county organization in prosecuting the great cam- 
paign for food. Congress made liberal appropriations and the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture took rapid steps to complete farm bureau organiza- 
tions in all parts of the United States. Hence, urged on by the govern- 
ment and directed by an efficient state leader, every one of Iowa's 
ninety-nine counties was so organized within ten months of America's 
entry into the struggle. Iowa thus became the first state to place a 
county agent in each of its counties. The work of these farm bureaus 
proved invaluable in carrying on the great offensive against world 
hunger. 

Within a month of the declaration of hostilities the Scott County 
Farm Improvement League had completed a campaign in all the city 
and village schools of the county, where the pupils were urged to save 
food in every way possible and to raise garden produce and poultry to 
meet the great emergency. Messrs. Frank Holm, A. M. Judy, and F. J. 
Sessions donated the greater part of two weeks' time in making ad- 
dresses to the yonng people. Sixteen meetings outside the city of Dav- 
enport were held, and thirty-two grade, parochial, diocesan, and private 
schools were visited in the city. At these meetings 10,000 circulars 
(printed free of charge by the Tri-City Lithographing and Printing Co.) 
en saving and producing food were distributed. 

The second extensive campaign was conducted during June, 1917. A 
meeting was called and an organization perfected with Harry E. 
Downer, as chairman, to carry on a campaign to encourage the canning 
of fruits and vegetables at home so the commercial stocks could be re- 
served for military use or export. Mrs. K. S. Miller and Miss Vivian 

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SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA 95 

Jordan were secured from Ames to conduct the demonstrations. Of 
these twenty-four were held in Davenport and twenty-two in the county. 
As a result of these meetings many housewives canned quantities of 
fruit and vegetables by the cold-pack method with excellent results. 

The league co-operated v/ith the Davenport Parent-Teacher's Associa- 
tion, the Rotary Club, and other agencies in promoting community 
school gardens and vacant lot gardening in Davenport. The outcome of 
these activities was very gratifying. As a result the Board of Educa- 
tion took over the school garden work in 1917. 

In the spring of 1918 the Department of Agriculture made arrange- 
ments to appoint a man tO' assist in school gardens and vacant lot gar- 
dening work in the city of Davenport. F. G. Hauer was appointed and 
visited a good many gardens in the city and had general charge of the 
judging of the various school gardens. The Union Savings Bank, of 
Davenport, gave a valuable line of trophies and prizes for gardens of 
this sort. 

Soon after the outbreak of the war it became apparent that farm 
help would be rather hard to get. Realizing this fact the Rotary Club 
of the city decided to conduct a labor bureau, which the Farm League 
took over on July 20th, putting Leslie M. Carl, who at that time was 
acting as assistant to the county agent, in charge. This work was con- 
tinued by the league until March, 1918, when the United States govern- 
ment and the state located a district employment bureau in Davenport. 
During the time the league conducted it an average of about eighteen 
men per week w^ere placed on farms. At certain times there were more 
requests for help than could be filled. There was not a pronounced 
shortage until the latter part of the season of 1918, although, of course, 
reliable help was hard to get at all times. 

In 1917 the United States Department of Agriculture concluded that 
a Home Demonstrator in each county would be of material aid in show- 
ing people how to save food and how to use substitutes economically. 
The department offered to place such a demonstrator in Scott county 
and pay her salary if the local community would pay the expenses. The 
Farm League called a general meeting of the women of the city and 
formed an organization to have general supervision over the work and 
to raise the funds. About $200 was raised for the purpose and the ser- 
vices of Miss Lillian Jordan was secured. Miss Jordan was kept busy 
throughout the greater part of the fall in conducting wheat saving and 
sugar saving demonstrations for various Parent-Teacher's organizations. 
Women's Clubs, and other gatherings in the city of Davenport. She 
resigned in February, 1918, and Mrs. Esther Kramer, whose husband 
had enlisted for service in France, was secured as her successor. Mrs. 
Kramer continued the wheat saving and sugar saving demonstrations, 
and also took up the saving of fat, clothes, and other articles. She con- 
ducted her work very efficiently from that time until the close of the 
war. 

During the summer of 1918 a second series of canning and drying 
demonstrations was held with a total of forty meetings. As in the 
year previous much perishable stuff was saved from spoiling. 



96 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

It was thought by some public-spirited people of Davenport that 
were a community dryer installed it would result in the saving of a 
large quantity of fruits and vegetables. The Farm League appointed a 
committee, with Rev. A. M. Judy as chairman, to investigate the matter 
thoroughly. Finally, after careful study of the question, the committee 
reported, recommending the establishment of a dryer. This report was 
received and acted upon by the Davenport Board of Education, which 
felt it might offer a means of preserving such products from the school 
gardens as might not find a ready market. Arrangements were made, 
at the recommendation of Prof. Smart and the kindly offer of assistance 
by Harry E. Downer, that such a dryer be installed at Friendly House. 
Unfortunately, some difficulty was encountered in securing the kind of 
heat which would not interfere with insurance regulations and still 
would provide suflacient hot air for drying the products. At last the 
adjustment was made satisfactorily, after the season was almost over, 
and Mrs. Kramer was asked to take charge of the drying of products. 
She did this very efficiently and made an excellent record during the 
three or four days the dryer was in operation. It is believed that this 
dryer will prove valuable in saving perishable food products to the 
community in the future. 

Soon after the draft law was passed and the Exemption Board began 
operation requests began to come to the league for help in securing the 
exemption of many farm operators and laborers. The league took the 
ground that no actual farm operator should be drafted and agreed thor- 
oughly with the local exemption board in the belief that one young man 
should be left with the operator of every quarter section, so there would 
be one good man for each eighty acres of land. Otherwise production 
would be seriously curtailed. The league took steps to get as much 
information together about the registration of men as possible and then 
responded to a great many requests for affidavits urging the deferred 
classification of farm operators and young men whose places could not 
be well filled. In many instances assistance was given registered men 
in filling out their questionnaires, and after the war closed a great 
many affidavits were signed requesting the discharge of men from the 
service who were needed at home because of dependents or for agri- 
cultural reasons. 

In the Liberty Bond campaigns the County Agent was able to give 
some assistance in the selection of solicitors and township chairmen. 
Our work had placed us in touch with many of the more capable men of 
the county, and in most instances the prominent workers for the league 
were found to be the most valuable solicitors. During the fourth 
Liberty Loan drive the County Agent acted as one of the jurors of the 
Liberty Court which was conducted by the Council of Defense. His 
knowledge of farm conditions and acquaintance among the farmers 
enabled him to be of some service in fixing equitable values and sug- 
gest fair adjustments in regard to the number of bonds a man should 
buy. 

Probably the most valuable work of the league during the war was 
in connection with the seed corn, spring wheat, and winter wheat sur- 
veys, which were conducted by the school district co-operators who were 



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appointed by the Farm Bureau and approved by the State Council of 
Defense, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the Governor 
of Iowa. The Governor sent each of these men an engraved certificate 
showing his ofRcial position as district co-operator. These men did 
very patriotic and efficient work in visiting farmers of their district and 
reporting the number of bushels of seed corn available for planting in 
1918, and urging the men to test by the individual ear method. This 
survey showed that there was considerable seed in the county, but that 
only 58 per cent had been gathered from the field and that much of it 
was very low in germination. Tests made by the league of 3,300 ears by 
the single ear method shewed that but 1,321 ears, or less than 30 per 
cent was fit for seed. Fortunately the campaign conducted during the 
spring induced 68 per cent of the farmers to make single ear tests, and 
most of the others general tests at least. Moreover, weather conditions 
were unusually favorable at planting time, with the result that the best 
average stand was secured in the county that had ever been known in 
spite of the critical condition of the seed. In November Scott county 
harvested the best crop in many years. 

Facing a serious shortage of wheat, the Department of Agriculture 
urged during the spring of 1918, through the school district co- 
operators that every farmer sow spring wheat. In order to encourage 
this movement the Western Flour Mills and the Phoenix Mills, of Daven- 
port, shipped in four carloads, totaling 4,500 bushels of northern grown 
Marquis seed from Duluth and St. Paul. This seed was distributed 
through Scott, Clinton, Rock Island, Muscatine, and Johnson counties. 
In addition to this some 2,600 bushels, which was located by the Farm 
Bureau in Scott county, was also distributed among neighbors of the 
men who raised this seed. As a result the largest acreage of spring 
wheat was grown that Scott county has produced in many years. 
June's great prospects were cut down later by Aveather favorable to 
scab, but the total wheat crop of the county was 695,000 bushels. Thus 
were the people of our allies as well as ourselves supplied with their 
daily bread. 

The school district co-operatives were again called into service on 
the wheat and seed corn survey made during the months of September 
and October, 1918. These men were instructed to urge the farmers in 
their district to sow heavily of winter wheat. Scott county was given 
an allotment of 12,000 acres, or an average of 120 acres per district and 
seven acres per farm. One man sowed 100 acres, another eighty, an- 
other seventy-five, a number over fifty, and many over twenty. One 
school district put in over 400 acres. Six or seven had over 300 and 
many over 200 acres. The final estimate for the county taken after the 
wheat had been seeded showed a total of 16,840 acres, a very heavy in- 
crease over that of previous years. 

Along with the wheat survey the county operator urged the early 
gathering of seed corn in sufficient quantities for two years' supply. 
This prompting, coupled with the experience of the preceding spring, 
resulted in 89 per cent of the farmers gathering a sufficient amount of 
seed in this way. 



98 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

In the spring of 1918 the state and the United States Department of 
Agriculture started a campaign for the eradication of the common and 
purple barberry, because this plant serves as an intermediate host for 
the fungus causing the black rust of small grain. Representatives of 
the United States Department of Agriculture were in Scott county for 
a considerable time locating and asking for the extermination of these 
plants. The help of the boys of the High school was enlisted for the 
thorough survey made in the city of Davenport. With the aid of the 
Farm Bureau, trips were made to all the small towns in the county. 
Hundreds of plants were found, and most of the owners responded in a 
very patriotic way to the request that such plants be destroyed. A total 
of over 9,000 plants were thus taken out. Only two counties in Iowa 
had a heavier sacrifice to make in this way. There were a few house- 
holders, either without proper information or lacking in patriotic spirit, 
who needed considerable pressure. In such cases the help of the Coun- 
cil of Defense was enlisted and most of the obstinate ones were finally 
induced to dig up the barberries. Close observation during the summer 
in the neighborhood of bushes not destroyed abundantly confirmed the 
scientists' judgment against the barberry, and recently a state law has 
been enacted requiring the destruction of all the green and purple leafed 
plants of the common species. Thus the war and a great shortage of 
wheat has compelled action which removed a grave menace to the 
successful culture of all the small grains. 

The farmer played his part well. With the double incentive offered 
by the highest prices since the Civil War and the desire to serve this 
country the rural people labored long and hard. The eight-hour day did 
not apply in their case. More often it was a case of two eight-hour 
shifts. The war taught the farmer to get along with less help — he was 
compelled to. Often he bought a tractor and usually he went to the 
field with four, five, or six horses instead of a single team. Fortunately 
his profits were unusually in accord with the patriotic service he 
rendered by heavy production. 

The onion growers at Pleasant Valley averaged between $500 and 
$600 per acre on the 500 acres of onions which they raised. Several men 
realized almost $1,000 per acre on tracts of considerable size. A truck 
man near Davenport sold $3,500 worth of fruit and vegetables from a 
small place of about ten acres. A Lincoln township farmer had eight 
apple trees which averaged over $50.00 per tree. An apple grower near 
Blue Grass sold $4,700 worth of apples from four acres, a record never 
before equalled in Iowa. Another farmer near Walcott sold over $1,000 
in poultry and eggs — a mere side issue with him. Seven acres in Rock- 
ingham township produced, over $100 worth of wheat per acre. Many an 
alfalfa field presented its owner with a hay crop worth from $100 to 
$125 per acre. One Sheridan township farmer sold over $10,000 worth 
of hogs. The gross income of many sons of the soil exceeded $10,000. 

The year 1918 was the most profitable Scott county has ever known. 
Our farmers worked hard, produced heavily, profited largely, as they 
merited, and purchased Liberty Bonds abundantly. Their part in 
winning the war was an exceedingly important one. 



Food Saving and Thrift 



By Mrs. Esther G. Kramer, Home Demonstration Agent 



The challenge which came to the women of America to mobilize their 
forces for a heroic attack upon the food, problem met with a quick and 
willing response throughout the whole country. Women had been wait- 
ing to find out just how they might best serve in the country's great 
crisis. In order to save time for them individually, a home demonstra- 
tion agent, trained in domestic economy was sent into every county in 
Iowa to give demonstrations, lectures, and help to those women who 
cared for or needed assistance so that the new problems which were 
constantly arising might be met more easily. In Scott county 150 
demonstrations and lectures in three months' time, reaching over 10,000 
women, were given. Methods of conserving wheat, meat, fats, and 
sugar were discussed, resulting in a much increased saving in these 
supplies. The making of practical dietaries and wartime menus and a 
continued drive on the saving of foods necessary for exportation (by 
increasing the use of substitute foods) was a special wartime feature of 
the work. 

Pledges were sent out to all of the Davenport women's clubs urging 
the elimination of the fourth meal, and to this appeal sixty organiza- 
tions, embracing over 1,000 women, responded, pledging themselves to 
abstain from the serving or partaking of refreshments at any social 
function for the duration of the war. 

During the early spring the increased production of food through 
war gardens was urged, and canning clubs were formed where groups of 
girls (10-17 years old) worked diligently throughout the summer. Two 
such groups meeting w^eekly canned 1,500 quarts of products for their 
own family consumption and demonstrated to their own people the 
superiority of cold pack canning over other methods. Fifty-five canning 
demonstrations, reaching every town in the county, and every ward in 
Davenport were held, where nearly 8,000 women were given instructions 
in the preservation of fruits, vegetables, and meats. The dehydrator, 
installed at the Friendly House by the city School Board and managed 
by the Home Demonstration Agent, turned out about 800 pounds of 
dried fruits and vegetables, samples of which won the blue ribbon at 
the State Horticultural Show and were finally sent into Washington, 
D. C, as an example of dehydrated products of especial merit. 

"Stop! Don't eat that extra slice of bread, eat another potato in- 
stead" was the slogan used in April and May when the market was 
flooded with potatoes, and wheat was scarce. A county-wide campaign 
for the use of potatoes in place of wheat was carried on by means of 
exhibits, lectures, dialogues, and plays, demonstrations, and press 
notices. The grocers co-operated in this campaign, lowering the price 
and advertising the sale of potatoes. 

Club work among the girls of the county was carried on throughout 
the entire year — canning clubs during the summer months, and food 

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and garment clubs during the winter months. Twenty young women 
were enrolled in classes to study nutrition and economy of foods. In 
Bettendorf a sewing club of girls from 10 to 15 years of age met weekly. 
Tm'O seAving clubs at Princeton composed of fourth to eighth grade girls 
met one morning weekly for instruction in sewing. 

Thrift in the home was stressed especially during the war period 
because of the increased need not only of supplies, but of money. Labor 
saving devices were exhibited and explained; plans for more efficient 
kitchens were drawn and household accounting was urged. Specialists 
were brought in to discuss the use of the budget and household account- 
ing in every home. As a result 250 families began to keep some sort of 
an account of their expenditures and sent in statements of this char- 
acter: "I bought two War Saving Stamps last month with the money 
I saved from my allowance. It surely pays to know where the money 
goes." 

During the period when woolen materials were so scarce and so 
sorely needed by the men in uniform a campaign v/as carried on for the 
conservation of wool throughout the county. We asked for an increased 
use of old woolen material and the return tO' mills (for remanufacture) 
of woolen scraps too poor to use in any other way. The rural school 
teachers assisted in this campaign and succeeded in turning back 
hundreds of pounds of woolen material into the channel where it might 
be salvaged and used again. Some of the woolen material turned in 
was in the form of garments much too good to be thrown away and 
many of these were turned over to Davenport families who were in need 
of them. At the same time that the rural teachers made an effort to 
gather up woolen scraps, they also asked the children to save pits and 
stones for the making of gas masks, and about twenty barrels of these 
were collected. 

Assistance was given the Overseer of the Poor, the Industrial Relief, 
and the Plome Service Red Cross in doing individual home work, show- 
ing families how to make their earnings go a little farther, how to 
market, what foods were best suited to the needs of children, how to 
make over garments, etc. During the influenza epidemic help was 
given in homes where every member of the family was sick. Simple 
foods were cooked, rooms were aired, and the family made comfortable. 
Instructions were given in making wheatless breads, in canning or 
drying, in cutting over clothing, in the keeping of household accounts, 
in marketing, in food study, in the use of the sewing machine attach- 
ments, in sugar, meat, and fat saving, in the use of the pressure cooker, 
in rearranging kitchen equipment, in care of the sick, food for the 
child, etc. 

Demonstrations and lectures were given at the various county insti- 
tutes, and outside help was located for judging culinary and fancy work 
displays. 

Letters were sent out to all the rural teachers giving suggestions for 
a hot noon lunch, and urging that every effort be made to secure the 
co-operation necessary to provide equipment for the preparation of the 
hot dish. Sandwich suggestions and suitable lunch combinations were 
given out to each teacher and to many mothers who were interested. 



War Mothers of America 



By Mrs. A. F. Hasselmax. Historian 



Realizing that on the morale of the folks at home depended much of 
our success in winning the war, and that one of the greatest props to a 
war mother's courage was in talking over with kindred spirits the 
events that happened to "my boy," a handful of Davenport war mothers 
planned the Mothers of Soldiers Club. 

With the help of Miss Alice French, the organization was formed July 
30, 1918, at the Y. W. C. A. Home, where the meetings have since been 
held. Mrs. J. F. Benson was chosen President, and Mrs. Gertrude 
Warren, Secretary-Treasurer. 

As an organization, the work consisted largely of placing added 
supports under the courage of the members, by the messages and letters 
from the boys read in answer to roll call at the semi-monthly meetings, 
where many smiles and a few tears were mingled. The members as 
individuals have been identified with every active war work in the 
community. 

The organization made an excellent growth, and later affiliated with 
the national body of the War Mothers of America, which has over a 
million members now enrolled, and to which are also eligible the wives, 
sisters, and daughters of men in active service of the United States 
during the war. The local organization is now known as Davenport 
Chapter War Mothers of America. The officers are: 

President — Mrs. J. F. Benson. 

Secretary — Mrs. Gertrude Warren. 

Treasurer— Mrs. C. A. McGill. 

Historian — Mrs. A. F. Hasselman. 

After the armistice was signed and the boys were beginning to come 
home, a welcome hom.e sign was placed at the Rock Island station, and 
when the 34th Division, a part of which were our own Batteries B and 
D, of the 126th Field Artillery, were coming into Newport News, a radio 
message of love and welcom^e was flashed to them from the War Mothers 
Club. Later a welcome home party was given at the Y. M. C. A. for all 
returned soldiers, and plans are in the making for much larger things 
in the future. The real work of the War Mothers of America is only 
just beginning, and the keynote of the organization will be "Service for 
These who Served." 



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The Parent -Teacher Clubs 



By Mrs. L. C. Voss, Chairman War Service Committee 



It has been said: "The children of the United States are the nation's 
greatest asset." This being true there is no question as to on whom the 
momentous task of shaping and preparing this asset should fall. No 
organization was ever formed which could in any way reach out in all 
directions to a fuller extent than the Parent-Teacher Clubs. 

When the slogan: "Food Will Win the War" became the nation's 
cry, no hearts were more deeply touched or hands more ready tO' respond 
than those of the parents of the rising generation. Consequently 
all over the city, under the auspices of a competent committee, the 
school gardens appeared. Every public and parochial school in the 
city had its garden. Approximately seven hundred children lent their 
time and efforts to make them a success. 

The cups, medals, and cash prizes were enthusiastically competed for 
by the young patriots who have proved themselves every inch American. 
Theirs was a wonderful showing in the Fourth of July parade. Two 
hundred and fifty little city farmers followed the large float, which was 
wonderfully decorated with the fruits of their own labor. Each school 
presented their particular slogan, which proved that theirs was one 
great mind with but a single thought, that of "helping win the war." 

When word first reached the Parent-Teachers of the wonderful fur- 
lough homes they at once responded. Twenty-five French orphans have 
been provided for by the fifteen different Parent-Teacher clubs. 

Red Cross work is a mothers' work, and although nearly every 
member of the organization was the mother of her home, she found time 
and money to devote to Red Cross sewing. Eleven Red Cross sewing 
rooms were established throughout the city by different branches of the 
organization. A large number of sewing machines, tables, and other 
necessities were donated these rooms, but a great many were purchased 
by the clubs. Each found themselves under a burden of expense in 
some way or another, which they met in various ways. They made 
22,575 bandages of different kinds, 205 comfort kits, 20,000 shot bags 
were made. Thousands of yards of tape were hemmed. Upward of 
30,000 garments finished, such as bed shirts, over the tops, various kinds 
of underwear, bed blankets, pinafores, and numerous other articles were 
made. The knitting needles of the clubs clicked at all times, at home 
and everywhere, finishing over 2,000 woolen garments. 

At the Red Cross Fair, the Parent-Teacher clubs promoted several 
attractions, and were able to turn over 1786.71 to the Red Cross. 

Although Scott county women were not allowed to vote a number 
were present at the polls on election day. Each voter was asked by 
them to invest in Thrift or War Savings Stamps. This was no small 
task. A few men could not or would not understand why women were 

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allowed to be around the polls. One woman was even told that it was 
unlawful for her to sell anything within a certain radius of the polling 
place. She was accused of being an imposter, and it was with difficulty 
she proved her right. At the various polls the voters bought $194.84 
worth of stamps. 

During cash week, November 24-30, 1918, the Parent-Teachers erected 
at the Columbia Theatre a very attractive booth, a large bird cage, which 
held the white dove of peace, and expressed their slogan: "Buy War 
Saving Stamps and Feed the Peace Dove." Cash sales for the week 
were $337.60. 

The central organization of Parent-Teacher clubs, with its great child 
welfare motive, stands ever ready to help Uncle Sam in whatever way 
possible. 



State and District Activities that Centered Here 



Scott county not only "put over" its own war activities with 
tremendous success but contributed much to the direction of state and 
district campaigns. 

The work of the Greater Iowa Association, of great value in the 
Liberty Loan and other campaigns, was directed from its state head- 
quarters here, with general offices in the Putnam building. Colonel 
George Watson French was its president and Woodw^orth Clum, secre- 
tary. Colonel French was also a member and Vice-Chairman of the 
State Council of National Defense. He spent most of his time during 
the war period in traveling ever the state and to Washington, D. C, 
when necessary, in the interest of the Iowa work, and Secretary Clum 
was equally busy and effective. To their efforts were due largely the 
manner in which Iowa went "over the top" for every loan after the 
first two. 

Mrs. J. W. Watzek was president of the Iowa Federated Women's 
Clubs and a prominent leader of the women's war work in the state, 

George M. Bechtel was District Chairman for twenty-five counties for 
the second Liberty Loan, and Chairman of Group 8, Cedar, Clinton, 
Jackson, Jones, Muscatine, and Scott counties, for the third, fourth, and 
fifth loans, and for sales to bonds of treasury certificates of indebted- 
ness. He was Chairman of the Military Training Camps Association 
of this congressional district, passing on applications of candidates for 
the various training camps. 

Ray Nyemaster was District Organizer for Group 8 for the Liberty 
Loans and District Chairman of the United War Work Drive. 

Secretary Cchagan, of the Davenport Y. M. C. A,, was District Sec- 
retary of the campaign for increasing the "Y" funds and personnel in 
war work. 

J. Reed Lane was District Chairman for the first drive for a Y. M. 
C. A. war work fund. 

A. F. Dawson was District Chairman for the first Red Cross mem- 
bership campaign and for the Smileage Book campaign. 



Homes Registration Service 



By E. p. Abler, Chairman 



The Davenport Bureau of the Homes Registration Service was a 
branch of the United States Housing Corporation, which was one of the 
activities of the Department of Labor. 

A traveling representative of the corporation came to Davenport in 
July, 1918, and organized the Davenport branch of the Homes Registra- 
tion Service, with the following members of the committee: E. P. Adler, 
Chairman; Lieut. J. Reed Lane, Dr. George M. Middleton, J. L. Hecht, 
R. L. Cornick, George Huntoon, J. W. Bollinger, Joseph Brus, Louis 
Bein, Eugene Walsh, W. O. Calvert, Maurice A. Hemsing. 

Under instructions from Otto M. Eidlitz, the Davenport Bureau was 
to "arrange for listing, conserving, and where necessary improve ex- 
isting homes. To foster the renting of all houses, flats, and rooms of 
Davenport through the Homes Registration Service. Also to use every 
effort to prevent profiteering in rents, and above all, the eviction of in- 
dustrial workers engaged on government work. To take care of the 
welfare of war workers by inducing property owners to make their 
property sanitary and homelike. To bend every effort to secure for each 
war worker the kind of home he desires." 

The first instructions to the committee were to secure data and make 
a card index system of all vacant houses and rooms in the city of Dav- 
enport. This was done through the aid of the letter carriers of Daven- 
port, who made a complete house-to-house canvass, and, on cards pro- 
vided, reported vacant rooms or houses, with complete data about them. 
Two hundred dollars was paid the letter carriers for this work, the fund 
being provided by the Scott County Council of Defense. It is interest- 
ing to note that in this canvass only about twenty vacant buildings 
were reported in the entire city, the majority of these being old store 
rooms, not suitable for residence. 

Through the courtesy of the Scott County Council of Defense in 
supplying necessary funds, the committee began work on August 5, 1918, 
in an office in the Putnam Building, the entire expense being borne by 
the Council of Defense. 

In a report made to Dr. James Ford, of Washington, Manager of the 
Homes Registration Division, on December 18, 1918, the chairman wrote 
as follows: 

"Since this office was opened on August 5, 1918, we have heard a total 
of 112 cases, divided up roughly as follows: Raise in rent not allowed, 
36; raise in rent allowed, 10; house wanted by owner, 19; houses sold, 
7; complaints of heat, children, failure to pay rent, etc., 40. Total, 112. 

"From our records v/hich we gathered in this office of rooms, rooms 
and board, furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent, this canvass being 
made by the mail carriers, we distributed these to applicants as follows: 
Light housekeeping rooms, 124; sleeping rooms, 24; room and board, 29. 
Total applications filled, 177." 

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During the existence of this office, which was closed on January 1, 
1919, a number of cases were also heard which do not enter into the 
above report. In most cases they were petty quarrels between tenants 
and landlords, with the blame for the trouble about equally divided be- 
tween each side. Landlords were anxious to get all they could out of 
their property, while war worker tenants were very chesty and threat- 
ened their landlord with "getting the government after him," etc. 

It is my belief that this bureau did considerable good at a time when 
the city was choked with people. It was pitiful to listen to the com- 
plaints of men and women with children, who came here to do war 
work, and were living in one room because they could not secure better 
accommodations. 

Hearings were held in every case where necessary, generally on the 
complaint of tenants, and both sides asked to be present. Some cases 
were quickly disposed of, while others took up hours of discussion and 
wrangling. In some cases arbitrary decisions had to be made, and in 
one or two instances the aggrieved parties secured attorneys and 
threatened fight. But nothing developed. 

To the credit of the citizens of Davenport, it should be said that 
while rents were generally raised, and in some cases because tenants 
were calling on landlords and offering unheard of prices if they would 
throw out the present tenants and admit the new bidders, there were 
not many cases of serious rent profiteering disclosed. 



The Fuel Commission 



By Lee J. Dougherty, Secretary 



Tlie term of office of the Davenport Commission of the United States 
Fuel Administration was filled with incidents that placed it in a position 
to be of benefit to the citizens of Davenport. The work proved to be 
interesting. The dealers in fuel were patriotic and the work of the 
commission was greatly facilitated by the willingness of the dealers to 
comply with all fuel regulations. At no time was there any serious 
conflict between the fuel dealers and the commission. The coal con- 
sumers were also very anxious to work in harmony with the coal deal- 
ers and the Fuel Commission. The commission found the domestic con- 
sumers as well as managers of industries ready and willing to comply 
with any and all suggestions made. 

The United States Fuel Administration of Davenport was appointed 
October 13, 1917, with B. J. Denman as Chairman, E. K. Putnam as Sec- 
retary, and L. N. Gansworth as the third member of the commission, 
and these members worked faithfully during the winter of 1917 and the 
spring of 1918. It was during this period that the greatest amount of 
work was required. As Chairman Mr. Denman gave a great deal of his 
time to the work of the commission, and his knowledge of freight rates 
and other matters that entered into traffic conditions was of untold 
advantage to the Fuel Commission. E. K. Putnam, Secretary of the 
commission, gave practically his entire time from the date of his ap- 
pointment until the spring of 1918, and his work should be appreciated 
keenly by the community, as he minimized the effect of an acute fuel 
shortage during the winter of 1917 and spring of 1918. Mr, Putnam 
kept a most complete and accurate record of all matters pertaining to 
the fuel situation. Mr. Gansworth did very excellent work as a member 
of this commissio4. 

August 5, 1918, the resignations of E. K. Putnam, who entered Red 
Cross work and went overseas, and Mr. Gansworth, who entered Y. M. 
C. A. work and went overseas, were accepted. 

V. E. Hayward and L. J. Dougherty were appointed to fill the 
vacancies on the commission. B. J. Denman remained as Chairman, 
and L. J. Dougherty was appointed Secretary. 

Records of the fuel situation were continued and the Fuel Commis- 
sion held regular meetings until the spring of 1919. Accurate records 
of cars of coal received in the city each week were kept during the 
period the commission was in service and these figures were compared 
with the figures of the previous year. By tabulating these figures and 
the amount of coal delivered by each dealer, the commission was able to 
approximate the requirements of the community and to distribute the 
available coal so that there was very little inconvenience and practically 

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no suffering from lack of fuel by domestic consumers and no interrup- 
tion of industry. 

It is proper that a word should be said in connection with the 
courteous and efficient work done by the clerical force in the office of E. 
K. Putnam, and by Miss Shebanek in the office of the Council of Defense. 
The commission received many complimentary reports from the public 
and fuel dealers regarding the work of the clerical force. The work of 
the Fuel Commission is now finished and it feels that the public and 
fuel dealers are to be commended for the perfect co-operation given 
during the term of office of the Davenport Fuel Commission. 



The Rainbows' Return 



When some 500 men of the famous Rainbow division returned to 
Iowa through Davenport, May 14, 1919, they received a welcome here 
that made them doubly glad to be back on Iowa soil. Factories, stores, 
and offices closed, the whole city turned out to greet them, and at the 
Hotel Blackhawk they were given a breakfast of fried chicken which 
they were still praising when they were demobilized at Camp Dodge. 
Belonging to the 168th Iowa Infantry, most of them had been the old 
Third Regiment of the Iowa National Guard. Mayor Lee J. Dougherty 
delivered a brief address of welcome, declaring it a proud day for Iowa 
that saw these famous fighters back home. Harry J. McFarland pre- 
sided, with the support of the committees of the Community Welcome 
Home, of which he tells elsewhere in this volume. 

Another hearty demonstration of welcome greeted the men of the 
88th Division, and crowds also welcomed home the Batteries, although 
their separation into groups returning at various times led to their real 
welcome being a part of the community celebration of February 3, 1919. 



The Public Library 



By Grace D. Rose. Librarian 



During the time that the United States was engaged in war the gov- 
ernment used the public libraries as important agents for general pub- 
licity. In all of the campaigns from the 1917 one, for war gardens, to 
the Red Cross membership drive of 1918, the Davenport Public Library 
posted bulletins, distributed pamphlets, and advertised in various ways. 
The pamphlets upon food conservation, canning, and preserving, and 
those published by the Committee of Public Information were received 
by the hundreds for free distribution. An effort was made to have the 
best and most reliable books and information upon the war and the 
many subjects which were of interest during this time. The walls of 
the Library and its bulletin boards were bright with the many colors of 
the posters that advertised Liberty Loans, the Red Cross campaigns, 
food conservation, War Savings Stamps, the United War Work Drive, etc. 

One bulletin board was devoted to the subject of food conservation, 
and there were numerous exhibits of prepared foods that were furnished 
by Mrs. Kramer, the County Demonstrator. Recipes of these foods 
were duplicated by the High school pupils and were distributed at the 
Library. A collection of recipes for war cooking was made and was in 
constant use. One exhibit that was unique and very helpful was loaned 
by Frank Holm, February, 1918. There were dried fruits and vege- 
tables, also fruits and vegetables that Mr. Holm had preserved by a 
home method of cold storage, and others that he had grown in his 
winter garden in his cellar. Careful directions for all the processes 
were likewise given. 

In the fall of 1917 Miss Peck, the children's librarian, organized a 
Junior Red Cross Club. The children came to the Library on Saturday 
mornings eager to learn to knit, to make garments for refugee children, 
and to do their share of Red Cross work. A corps of volunteer workers 
came on Saturdays and Wednesdays to teach the children and supervise 
their work. The club labored faithfully until the spring and accom- 
plished an appreciable amount of work. The articles included 8 bed 
quilts, 8 knitted quilts, 11 baby bonnets, 19 pairs of boetees, 3 fracture 
pillows, 10 handkerchiefs, 18 tumbler covers, 49 knitted squares, 9 
sweaters, 3 pairs of wristlets, and a number of smaller articles. 

Miss Dawson, the Branch Librarian, in co-operation with the Red 
Cross, arranged for knitting demonstrations at the Independent Baking 
Co. and Jackson school. A number of people at both places learned to 
knit and joined the ranks of Red Cross workers. 

The Library was, of course, the local agent of the American Library 
Association in its war service. In September, 1917, the first appeal was 
made to raise funds for the establishment of library service in the 
camps and cantonments in this country and for our soldiers in France. 

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Davenport citizens donated $1,150 during that week. Shortly after- 
wards a call for books and magazines brought large numbers of both to 
the Library. In October the Davenport Library sent over 1,000 books 
to Camp Dodge, Iowa, for the camp library. Later on books were 
shipped from Davenport to Camp Shelby, Miss.; to the Hoboken dis- 
patch office for overseas use, and a good collection was placed in the 
Y. M. C. A. hut at Rock Island Arsenal. Over 5,000 books were sent from 
Davenport, and these were all prepared in the Library for immediate 
use. A large number of magazines were also donated for the use of the 
soldiers. The Librarian was appointed American Library Association 
supervisor for the library work for the Arsenal when the "Y" hut was 
opened there in June, 1918, and during the summer members of the 
Library staff made regular visits to care for the books. In September 
Mrs. Harry Evans volunteered her services for this work and served 
faithfully till the end of the year. Mrs. Schuyler succeeded Mrs. Evans 
in charge of the book collection. 

Responding to the call of the American Library Association for 
workers in its war service. Miss Alice Curtis, of the Library staff, 
served in the American Library Association dispatch office at Newport 
News from June to October, and the Librarian was given three months 
leave of absence in the fall to act as camp librarian at Camp Bowie, 
Texas. Miss Peck had been accepted by the Red Cross for work in 
France when the armistice caused the engagement to be canceled. The 
Librarian served on the Committee for War Savings Stamps, and was 
chairman of the Library Committee of the War Camp Community Ser- 
vice, and represented the Davenport Public Library at the meeting of 
the seven organizations at Des Moines, September 28th, to plan for the 
United War Work campaign. 

The Library club rooms were opened freely to patriotic leagues and 
similar organizations. The Library was a registration center in the 
first Red Cross membership drive and also for Red Cross nurses. Mem- 
bers of the Library staff have been enthusiastic and faithful workers 
both for the Red Cross and Belgian relief. 

In every way that was possible the Library has co-operated with the 
Council of National Defense, the Red Cross, the National War Garden 
commission, and the departments of the United States government. 
The whole thought of the Public Library was to contribute its share in 
winning the war. The war service of the American Library Associa- 
tion is being continued in the camps and in France and will probably 
result in permanent libraries for soldiers and sailors. The Davenport 
Library will make another shipment of books for use in France and for 
the returning transports. 

Post-war work is already started in a campaign for more gardens 
and reading material for the boy's working reserve; while our return- 
ing soldiers seek the Library for books on business and the civil occupa- 
tions they wish to pursue. 



The Lawyers 



By Wayne G. Cook, Secretary Scott County Bar Association. 



No class or profession has shown greater interest in or made greater 
sacrifices for the successful prosecution of the world war than has the 
Bar of the United States. It is the purpose of this article to record so 
far as possible the undertakings of the lawyers of Scott county and to 
set forth in a general way their war work, pertaining particularly to 
matters of a legal nature or those to which they were called by reason 
of their legal training. 

There was no general war activity which did not have the hearty 
and faithful support of the lawyers as individuals. They were repre- 
sented in every Liberty Loan campaign, they took part in the cam- 
paigns for funds for all war work organizations, and in general were 
active in every movement in which patriotic citizens participated. 

The Bar of Scott county consists of approximately one hundred 
members. Of these twenty-one entered the active military or naval 
service of the United States between the date of the declaration of war 
and the signing of the armistice on November 11, 1918. This is a rep- 
resentation of over 20 per cent of the total membership of the profes- 
sion, and when it is remembered that a very large percentage of the 
members of our Bar are beyond the maximum age limit for acceptance 
under any circumstances, it will be seen that the percentage of qualified 
lawyers in active service was much greater. 

In order that the names of Scott county's lawyers in the military 
and naval service may be perpetuated the following list is appended; 
comment is unnecessary: 

Lieutenant-Colonel A. D. Picke. Ernest Claussen. 

Major N. D. Ely. Francis C. Harrison. 

Captain F. H. French. Glen D. Kelly. 

Captain Arthur Vollmer. James J. Lamb. 

Captain Tom McClelland. William W. Scott. 

Lieutenant Charles S. Pryor. Hugh Webster. 

Lieutenant Sam H. Erwin. Merle F. Wells. 

Lieutenant C. D. Waterman. Ralph G. Smith. 

Lieutenant Herbert Sitz. Ralph C. Williamson. 

Lieutenant J. Reed Lane. E. 0. Newell. 
Albert P. Block. 

Second only in importance to the men in the military service was 
the machinery by which our draft army was raised. The operation of 
the selective service act and its success was dependent absolutely upon 
the men to whom the executive and administrative duties in connection 
with the selection of registrants was delegated. These were the mem- 
bers of the various exemption boards. As the history of the work of 
these boards locally appears elsewhere they are only mentioned here 
because of the important service rendered by Judge Nathaniel French 

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as Chairman of Local Board No. 2, and by N. D. Ely as Chairman of the 
District Exemption Board prior to his receiving his commission in the 
army. Both of these gentlemen dropped everything and devoted their 
entire time for many weary months to the work of these boards. They 
brought to the task great ability and good judgment, and their per- 
formance of these important duties to the exclusion of all personal 
business interests reflected credit not only upon them but upon the Bar 
of Scott county. 

Closely affiliated with the Exemption Boards were the government 
appeal agents, attorneys designated to represent the government in the 
investigation of cases wherein deferred classification was claimed and 
to appeal from the classification of the local boards in all cases where 
deferred classification was granted on the ground of dependency, the 
purpose being to bring all such cases before the District Board for 
uniform rulings. 

These government appeal agents were first appointed under the 
original selective service act soon after the declaration of war. They 
were then known as representatives of the Provost Marshal-Greneral. 
When the act was amended to provide for classification based on ques- 
tionnaires sent to registrants provision was made for government 
appeal agents. 

In Scott county the lawyers designated first as representatives of 
the Provost Marshal-Generars office and later reappointed by the Gov- 
ernor to serve as government appeal agents were Albert W. Hamann, 
serving for Local Board No. 1; J. Clark Hall, for Local Board No. 2, 
and Henry H. Jebens, for the Local County Board. 

The work of the appeal agents and of investigators under their 
supervision uncovered numerous cases of change of occupation for the 
purpose of evading military service, others in which dependency was 
made to appear by the questionnaires but where actually the dependent 
had property not mentioned sufficient to change the status of the reg- 
istrant. A few cases of actual fraud and one of forgery were also un- 
covered, all of which was of immense importance in raising the 
enormous quotas without calling men actually needed in necessary 
industries or for the support of families. 

The work of the appeal agents also operated to protect registrants 
ignorant of their rights and more frequently the families of men who 
were more than willing to go into the service to evade their domestic 
responsibilities. In other words, the duty of these agents was to see 
that every registrant was properly classified; that those who belonged 
in the service were placed in class I and those who were necessary else- 
where were kept at home. 

It is estimated that prior to November, 1917, when the questionnaires 
were sent out, from seventy-five to 100 appeals had been handled for 
each Local Board. After that time the work was continuous and con- 
stant, as nearly three-fourths of the total cases had to be reviewed by 
the District Board. The satisfactory manner in which these arduous 
duties were discharged is shown by the Provost Marshal-General's 
report, a portion of which is as follows: 



112 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

"The vast amount of work done by these men is not generally known. 
The character of the work required that it be done without publicity 
and as quietly as possible. The work was exacting and required care 
and judgment as not only the interests of the government required 
protection but those cf registrants as well. 

"No forms were prescribed and the appeal agents were required to 
develop their own forms, which was no small task. Furthermore, there 
was to begin with a dearth of precedent, and when rulings were made 
by the Provost Marshal-General's office they were frequently altered or 
reversed and each day brought new regulations and rulings to be 
studied and considered with relation to the cases on hand. 

"After August 13, 1917, an appeal was required to be taken from 
every decision of the Local Board awarding a deferred classification on 
the ground of dependency. In many of these cases the appeal agent 
being satisfied of the propriety cf the decision merely formally pre- 
sented the recol-d to the District Board, but others required exhaustive 
investigation. Among the questions causing difficulty were those 
wherein the registrant married after May 17, 1917. Here the depart- 
ment at different times took three different positions as to its policy, 
which made it extremely difficult to determine the proper classification. 

"It can be seen that government appeal agents were faced with a 
heavy task. To perform this task to a degree satisfactory to the gov- 
ernment it was inevitable in a large proportion of the cases that 
private livelihoods and business interests of these men would materially 
suffer. It was a task that meant unlimited sacrifice, and the records 
of this office show that the duties were fully realized and that they were 
adequately performed." 

The purpose of the selective service act was not to see that as many 
m.en as possible be classed for military service irrespective of all else, 
but to see that each registrant was placed where he could best serve 
the interests of the nation. In many cases this was not in the army 
but in some necessary productive industry or at home in the support of 
those whom the government would otherwise have to take care of. 

In handling the millions of registrants required to fill out ques- 
tionnaires it was essential that some means be provided to afford advice 
and assistance to these men in order that there be a minimum of 
errors and that individual rights and those of the nation be adequately 
protected. 

It was but natural that this task, involving as it did the interpreta- 
tion cf statutes and regulations, should devolve upon the lawyers of the 
country. The American Bar Association offered to the government the 
services of its members for this purpose, and acting upon its suggestion 
the governor of each state appointed in each county or district three 
lawyers as permanent members of the Legal Advisory Board. These 
members had charge of the selection of associate members to constitute 
a body prepared to advise registrants of the intent and purposes of the 
selective service law and of their rights and obligations thereunder, to 
assist in the filling out of questionnaires and to see that full justice 
was done both to the registrant and the government. 

The permanent members of the Scott County Legal Advisory Board 
were Hon. M. F. Donegan, Chairman; Hon. Jas. W. Bollinger and Chas. 
Grilk. To name the associate members would be practically to repro- 
duce the roster of the Scott County Bar, for without exception the 
lawyers of Scott county volunteered for this service, and while some 



SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA 113 

did littl,e actual work the great majority devoted days of time to this 
purpose without pay. 

The Scott County Bar Association passed a resolution to the effect 
that no charge should be made by any member for services in connec- 
tion with the classification of any registrant, and so far as known no 
charge was made to any registrant for these services in Scott county. 

Between 5,000 and 7,500 questionnaires were presented to the Scott 
County Legal Advisory Board for advice and assistance, and from ten 
to thirty lawyers were on duty constantly at the City Hall during a 
month or more. 

It may be safely stated that the work of the Legal Advisory Board, 
while net free from errors, relieved the local boards and the appeal 
agents of a vast amount of labor and resulted in minimizing the num- 
ber of cases of fraud, or concealment, in aiding registrants to make only 
proper claims for deferred classification and in making certain that 
proper claims for exemption were fully presented. 

Another voluntary organization of great importance was that known 
as the "Four Minute Men," who operated under the authority of the 
Committee on Public Information and carried on through four minute 
speeches in churches, schools, and theatres a campaign of education in 
which plans of the various departments were explained and the public 
acquainted not only with the methods and policies of the government, 
but with the need for concerted action and individual sacrifice for the 
common good. Probably no one thing was productive of greater good 
or created a more wholesome attitude in the public mind than the work 
of these "Four Minute Men." This work was not confined strictly to 
the bar but naturally the bar furnished a large percentage of the speak- 
ers, many of whom appeared with great frequency and devoted much 
time to this valuable service. 

In order that soldiers and sailors or their families in need of legal 
advice and services other than those connected with their liability for 
service and claims for exemption might be served and their business in- 
terests protected, a committee was appointed in each county to organize 
the Bar so that such services should be rendered free of charge. 

The committee for Scott county, appointed under authority of the 
Iowa State Bar Association, consisted of E. M. Sharon, J. W. Bollinger, 
and Wayne G. Cook. The appointment of this committee came too late 
to enable it to do much before the signing of the armistice terms, but in 
all probability it will still be required to do considerable work along 
these lines. 

During the period of the war the- Scott County Bar Association 
abandoned its settled policy of having its annual banquet and other 
social affairs limited to the lawyers, and instead endeavored to create 
and crystallize patriotic sentiment in Scott county by affording an 
opportunity to a greater number to listen to the views of prominent 
speakers. 

In 1917, when Batteries B and D were ordered to the border for 
training the association entertained every member of both Batteries at 
a banquet at the Commercial Club. The speakers were N. D. Ely, M. 
V. Gannon, Henry Thuenen, Hugh Webster, United States District 



114 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

Attorney Claude R. Porter, and Hon. M. J. Wade. The meeting was a 
great success and the association was advised by Colonel A. M. Compton, 
then commanding Battery B, that it served to show every member of 
the local Batteries that Scott county was behind them and did much to 
instill the proper spirit for the undertaking upon which they were 
entering. 

In July, 1918, a patriotic dinner was served by the Bar Association 
to which representative citizens of Davenport, members of the Council 
of Defense from the entire county, representatives of various War 
Savings Stamps societies, and similar organizations were invited. The 
purpose of this meeting was to afford Scott county residents a better 
insight into the manner in which other localities were meeting the 
serious problem of raising funds for war work and dealing with 
"slackers" ignorant or intentional. 

The speakers were Emmett Tinley, of Council Bluffs; James B. 
Weaver, of Des Moines; Charles Pickett, of Waterloo; Dr. D. J. Mc- 
Carthy, of Davenport, and Federal Judge M. J. Wade. Without doubt 
no finer set of speeches were ever delivered in Scott county on one pro- 
gram, and there was no one who attended but left with a clearer con- 
ception of the causes of the war and the necessity for prosecuting it 
with vigor. Mr. Tinley, who was in charge of the Liberty Loan Court 
at Council Bluffs, explained in detail the methods used for educating 
the ignorant and forcing the unwilling to contribute to war activities, 
etc. His speech furnished further inspiration to a similar court by 
the Scott County Council of Defense, which operated with great success 
in the fourth Liberty Loan campaign. 



The Physicians and Surgeons 



By Dr. E. M. Kingsbury 



Scott county may well be proud of her record of sacrifices, of her 
position on the roll of honor in Liberty Bond sales and War Com- 
munity service, but in no instance, save where life was fearlessly and 
freely given that the world might remain free, has she greater reason 
for a deep sense of pride and satisfaction than in that which was done 
by her doctors. Her physicians responded in a way unsurpassed by any 
other class of citizens and comparable only with the work and courage 
of the boys in the fighting line. 

Every physician received a personal call to volunteer his services. 
Everyone was needed. The percentage of the total number of registered 
physicians required for actual service was so great it was feared the 
Surgeon-General would have to resort to a draft to supply the need. 
That this was not necessary is an honor to the fraternity of which we 
may be proud, and the record of Scott county, as always, is particularly 
gratifying since upwards of 80 per cent of her medical men were en- 
gaged in some branch of war service. 

The doctors who entered active service for their country are due 
especial praise. They gave up much which will never be repaid in time 
or money, and expected nothing on their return to civil life other than 
that they be given credit for the sacrifice by their fellow citizens. A 
brief resume of them and their status in April, 1919, follows: 

Larned V. P. Allen, 32, single; entered service as First Lieutenant 
July 3, 1917. Spent three months at Des Moines, Iowa, eleven months 
at Camp Cody with Field Hospital No. 134. He went to France as 
Captain in September, 1918; was graduated from the Army Sanitary 
School at Langres, Prance. Acted as Bn. Surgeon for the 26th Infantry, 
1st Division, in Meuse-Argonne drive. Honorably discharged at New 
York City, December 21, 1918. 

Hugh P. Barton, 33, single; entered service as First Lieutenant Sep- 
tember 29, 1917. Served with the 42d Infantry, 12th Division at Camp 
Dodge, Camp Devens, and Camp Upton. Recommended for promotion 
November 14, 1918. In base hospital work at Camp Devens. Was an 
assistant examiner for Exemption Board No. 1, Davenport, Iowa, before 
enlistment. 

George Bawden, 38, married; entered the service as First Lieutenant 
June 28, 1917. Stationed at Medical Officers Training Camp and Base 
Hospital at Fort Riley, Kansas, August 17th to April, 1918; at out 
patient clinic. Camp Lee July to December, 1918; at School of Urology, 
Fort Oglethorpe April to July, 1918. 

William S. Binford, Dixon, Iowa, 43, married; entered service as 
Captain July 6, 1917. Stationed at Base Hospital Port Riley, C. O. 
pneumonia section, general medical consultant for medical and surgical 
sections from December 22, 1918, to time of discharge. Recommended 
for promotion. 

Charles E. Block, 29, single; entered service as First Lieutenant 
January 3, 1918. Stationed at Rochester, Minn., for special work; then 

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116 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

at Fort Riley; then at Allentown, Penn. Went to France in September, 
1918, with Base Hospital No. 82 at Toul. After armistice to Tours, 
Medical Headquarters, then to Coblenz, Prussia, Holland, and Germany 
with surgical unit. 

W. Blything, Bettendorf, Iowa, 38; entered service March, 1918, as 
Captain. Stationed with Base Hospital 88th Division. Served as mem- 
ber of Scott County Exemption Board before enlistment. 

George Braunlich, 28, single; entered service June, 1918, as First 
Lieutenant. Was stationed in Base Hospital at Fort McArthur and 
later sent to Manila, P. I. Still overseas. 

John D. Cantwell, 41, married; entered service June 30, 1918, as 
First Lieutenant. Stationed at Base Hospital No. 154, Camp Greenleaf, 
Ga. Served as member of Scott County Exemption Board before en- 
listment. 

H. M. Decker, 41, married; entered service July, 1918, as Captain. 
Was sent to France where he was Chief of Radiology Service, Base 
Hospital No. 113, Savernay, France. Still overseas. Served as an 
assistant examiner en Exemption Board No. 2, Davenport, Iowa. 

E. O. Ficke, 39, married; entered service March, 1918, as Captain. 
Acted as Bn. Surgeon for 357th Infantry, 90th Division, overseas at St. 
Michiel and Verdun fronts. Was severely gassed and invalided home, 
where he has since recovered. 

W. E. Foley, 27, married; entered service February, 1918, as First 
Lieutenant. Was sent overseas and was stationed with Base Hospital 
No. 53, Langres, France. 

C. E. Glynn, 46, married; entered service October 24, 1918. Stationed 
at Camp Dodge as surgeon on reconstruction work of overseas casual- 
ties. Still in service. 

uordon F. Harkness, 38, married; entered service as Captain July 
17, 191o. Stationed at Base Hospital, Camp Jackson and Evacuation 
Hospital No. 42, Camp Greenleaf, Ga., in surgery of eye, ear, nose, and 
throat. Previous to entering service was Captain of American Protec- 
tive League Secret Service for state of Iowa. 

Wm. G. Johnson, 38, married; entered service as First Lieutenant 
July, 1917. Stationed at Medical Officers Training Camp, Fort Riley, 
Kan. Sent to France May, 1918. Promoted to Captain June, 1918. 
Served in action with 58th Infantry, 4th Division. 

Ray R. Kulp, 39, married; entered service October, 1917, as First 
Lieutenant. For instruction in orthopedic surgery in Chicago, Feb- 
ruary and March, 1918. Sent to France September, 1918. Worked in 
Base Hospitals Nos. 9, 63, 65, and 66. Was orthopedic surgeon in 90th 
Division during Argonne drive. Still in service. 

Fredeirick H. Lamb, 31, single; entered service July, 1917. To Fort 
Riley Medical Officers Training Camp; to Camp Cody December, 1917. 
Promoted to Captain; made Chief of Laboratory and Pathology service. 
Base Hospital, Camp Cody, to January, 1919. Transferred to Base Hos- 
pital, Camp Pike, Ark. 

Chas. D. Martin, Jr., 26, single; entered service July 10, 1918. Was 
sent to San Antonio, Texas, for six weeks, then to Manila, P. I., where 
he is now stationed. 

D. J. McCarthy, 45, married; entered service as Captain in American 
Red Cross in 1917. Sent to Russia and Roumania as head of surgical 
unit. Returned to United States in 1918, and since promoted to Major 
and served in Salonika. Decorated by Serbian and Roumanian govern- 
ments. Ranked as Major in Serbia. Returned to United States in 
May, 1919. 

George M. Middleton, 44, married; entered service as Captain Sep- 
tember, 1918. C. 0. of Student Co. 46, Fort Riley, Kan., to November 
11, 1918. Field Hospital Co. E to December 7, 1918, when honorably 
discharged. Was assistant examiner on Exemption Board No. 2, Dav- 
enport, Iowa, from July, 1917, until entering the service. 



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John A. Mclntyre, 28, married; entered service July 6, 1917, as Cap- 
tain. Stationed at Fort Riley and Camp Dodge. To France August, 
1918; 350th Ambulance Co., 88th Division.. Acting Division Urologist. 
Still in service. 

John C. Murphy, 43, single, now located at Aurora, 111.; entered ser- 
vice May, 1917, as First Lieutenant. Served with Field Artillery at 
Camp Logan Roots, Camp Cody, and Fort Sill. Sent to France Sep- 
tember, 1918, with 126th Field Artillery. Honorably discharged Feb- 
ruary, 1919. Was recommended for promotion. 

L. M. Ochs, 31, single; entered service July, 1918, as First Lieu- 
tenant. Stationed at Kelley Field Hospital, San Antonio, in psychiatry 
in September. Was on Examining Board. 

Raymond E. Peck, 42, married; entered service as Captain October, 
1918. Stationed at General Hospital No. 14, Camp Greenleaf, Ga. 
Chairman Membership Committee Red Cross. Honorably discharged 
December, 1918. 

Peter H. Schroeder, 40, married; entered service as First Lieutenant 
1916. Served during Mexican border campaign. Sent to Fort Riley 
June, 1917; to Camp Cody September, 1917; with 126th Field Artillery, 
Regimental Surgeon 109th Ammunition Train, and promoted to Captain 
February, 1918. Sent to France in September, 1918. Recommended 
for promotion to Major. Still overseas. 

Lee E. Schafer, 30, married; entered service at First Lieutenant 
July, 1917. Went to France in 1917 with the Rainbow Division. Served 
in Evacuation Hospital No. 1. Promoted to Captain. 

W. F. Speers, 39, married; entered service August 1, 1917, as First 
Lieutenant. Stationed at Fort Riley, Kan., as instructor to Medical 
Reserve Officers and Division Ambulance Companies. Promoted to 
Captain. Discharged January 2, 1919. 

John V. Littig, 41, married; entered service as Captain August, 1917. 
Sent to Fort Riley, then to Camp Taylor as Chief of eye, ear, nose, and 
throat service. Promoted to Major. Still in service. Served as as- 
sistant examiner on Exemption Beard No. 2, Davenport, Iowa, from 
July, 1917, until entering the service. 

Geo. W. Frank, Buffalo, Iowa, 43; entered service. No data fur- 
nished. 

Thos. W. Byrnes; entered service. No data furnished. 

Frederick Lambach, 53, married. Applied for commission February, 
1918; rejected for physical disability May 25, 1918; disability removed 
by operation July 1st; re-examined August 15th, and commissioned 
Captain October 1, 1918. Stationed at Camp Greenleaf October 24 to 
December 3, 1918. Sent to Rockefeller Institute December 9th; re- 
mained there until December 21st. At Camp Mead from December 22, 
1918, to January 3, 1919. Honorably discharged at Camp Dodge Janu- 
ary 15, 1919. 

T. Wilbert Kemmerer, 41; entered service early in 1917. Took 
special courses at Rockefeller Institute and was later transferred to 
Base Hospital at Camp Cody. Sent overseas in summer of 1918. 

Those Avho by reason of age, physical disability, essential public 
need, essential institutional need, or on account of dependents were 
classed as ineligible for commissions, and yet were anxious to do their 
duty, were made members of the Volunteer Medical Service Corps of 
the Council of National Defense: 

Allen, Wm. L. Chinn, David J. 

Bailey, W. W. Decker, George E. 

Baker, J. F. Dunn, James 

Braunlich, Henry Donahoe, A. P. 

Burkhart, J. R. Dahms, 0. A. 

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Gillette, A. E. Matthey, Walter 

Hands, S. G. Portsmann, L. J. 

Hunt, W. F. Rendleman, Wm. H. 

Hoefle, H. C. Rogers, O. C. 

Hageboeck, A. L. Strohbehn, E. F. 

Haller, J. T. Starbuck, T. D. 

Johnson, C. C. Struble, L. W. 

Kuhl, A. B. Schumacher, Henry 

Kingsbury, E. M. Skelley, W. F. 

Kruel, D. G. Sala, 0. P. 

Lando, D. H. Sullivan, — — 

Lindley, C. T. Tucker, Genevieve 

McCullough, G. F. Teufel, J. C. 

Marble, J. A. Weber, Lee 

Matthey, Henry Watzek, J. W. 

Those appointed by the Governor of the state to serve en the various 
Selective Service Boards are as follows: 

Local Board Division No. 1 — Dr. Kuno Struck, Dr. George Bawden, 
Dr. C. E. Glynn, Dr. F. Neufeldt, Dr. B. Schmidt, Dr. T. D. Starbuck, 
Dr. E. F. Strohbehn, Dr. K. Vollmer, and Dr. J. S. Weber. 

Local Beard Division No. 2 — Dr. Wm. L. Allen, Dr. H. M. Decker, Dr. 
E. M. Kingsbury, Dr. George Middleton, Dr. George Decker, and Dr. 
John V. Littig. 

Scott County Board — Dr. J. D. Blything, Dr. J. D. Cantwell, Dr. G. B. 
Maxwell and Dr. J. C. Teufel. 

Medical Advisory Board — Dr. Wm. Rendleman, Dr. G. F. Harkness, 
Dr. P. A. Bendixen, Dr. J. Dunn, Dr. Lee Weber, Dr. R. P. Carney, Dr. 
S. G. Hands, and Dr. L. W. Struble. 



The Nurses 



Just as insistent as the call for physicians and surgeons was the 
call for nurses, and during the war period the nurses of Scott county 
answered the many calls made upon them with a patriotic fervor which 
held nothing back. 

The call carried many of them beyond the seas. Cablegrams from 
Athens, June 6th, through the Associated Press, announced to the world 
that among the Red Cross nurses decorated by the King of Greece with 
the Order of Military Merit, for their work in fighting the typhus 
epidemic in Macedonia, was Miss Alma Hartz, of Davenport. 

Miss Wilhelmina Hohnsbeen not only saw service under fire on the 
Alsacian front, but accompanied the army of occupation to Coblenz. 
Many others saw foreign service, served in the camps here in the United 
States, or helped fight the influenza epidemic at home. 

The following record is furnished for this volume by Miss Clara L. 
Craine, Chairman of the Red Cross Enrollment Committee: 

RED CROSS NURSES 

Wilhelmina Hohnsbeen, Camp Grant, 111., France, and with Army of 
Occupation at Coblenz, Germany; in service eighteen months. 

Bernadine Wirtz, Camp Lewis, Wash., France; in service fourteen 
months. 

Olive Whitlock, Camp McArthur, Waco, Texas, France; in service 
fourteen months. 

Hildegaard Anderson, Camp Travis, Texas, France; in service fifteen 
months. 

Agnes Puck, Fort Logan Roots, France; still in service. 

Alma Hartz, stationed at Athens, Greece; entered service October, 
1918. 

Grace Van Evera, France. 

Elizabeth Weiman, France (deceased); in service eight months. 

Bessie Whitaker, Camp McArthur, Waco, Texas, France; in service 
fourteenth months. 

Martha Stokley, Camp Custer, France. 

Cora Bieber, service in France; Bessie Baldwin, service in France; 
Lynn Freeland, service in France; Beatrice Corridon, service in France; 
Stella Mallette, service in France; Ella Horst, service in France. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Plynn, Porto Rico. 

Edna Athinson, Camp Dodge, Iowa; United States Hospital, Denver, 
Colo.; in service twelve months. 

E. Julia Beale, Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Still in service October, 1918. 

Blanche Schuttler, Fort Des Moines, Iowa; United States Hospital, 
Denver, Colo.; United States Hospital, New Jersey. Still in service. 

Mildred Laemer, Fcrt Riley, Texas. In service in 1917. 

Anna Marie Goetsch, Camp Dodge, Iowa; in service four months. 

Lenore Schroeder, Camp Travis, Texas; in service three months. 

Margaret Matheson, Fort Des Moines, Iowa; United States Hospital, 
New Jersey; still in service; entered June, 1918. 

Martha Oakes, organized Red Cross classes; Chief Nurse Camp Gor- 
don, Ga.; still in service; entered August, 1918. 

Daisy Marsden, United States Hospital, New York. 

Cora Hicks, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. 

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120 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

Edith Muhs, Superintendent Emergency Hospital during influenza 
epidemic; theoretical instructor of Red Cross classes in Tri-Cities. 

Mary E. Flynn, prepared for service for overseas. 

Jane Garrod, Fort Sheridan and Camp Dodge, Iowa. Still in service. 

Marie Edwards, Camp Dodge. 

Elizabeth Sieler, Camp Dodge. 

Clara Fecker, Walter Reed Base Hospital, Van Couver, Wash., six 
months. 

Clara Reistroffer, Camp Custer and Camp Grant. 

Amanda Bard, preparing to enter service when stricken with typhoid 
fever; later served at Emergency Hospital. 

Catherine Kane, Camp Donaphan, Fort Sill, Okla.; returned from 
service on account of ill health (deceased). 

Clara L. Craine, served in Emergency Hospital during Spanish in- 
fluenza. 

GRADUATE NURSES WHO SERVED DURING SPANISH INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC 

Ha White, Camp Dodge, Iowa. 

Alba Smith, Great Lakes. 

Genevieve Malloy, Camp Dodge, Iowa. 

Lucy How^arth, Camp Dodge, Iowa. 

i^nna Fundell, Camp Dodge, Iowa, and Great Lakes. 

Dorothy Lorenzen, Camp Grant. 

Marie Dickinson, Ames. 

Gertrude Shanley, Camp Grant. 

Agues Joynt, Ames. 

Susan Smith, Camp Dodge; Emergency Hospital, Davenport. 

Bessie Tuey, Camp Dodge; Emergency Hospital, Davenport. 

Saidee Murphy, took care of soldiers at Detention Hospital, Rock 
Island. 

Mrs. Ethel Westbay Alden, relief work during influenza epidemic, 
Wyoming, Iowa. 

HOME DEFENSE NURSES EMERGENCY HOSPITAL DURING INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC 

Penelope Brown, Kate Jepsen, Agnes Conway, Mary F. Seccombe, Mrs. 
Louise Harding Gansworth, Mrs. Alice Huston Berg, Mrs. Kate Martin 
Lowery, Martha Baker, Mrs. Elfrida Litcher, Mrs. Dan Sayles, Mrs. 
Roma Wallaser Henry (died in service), Mrs. Ira Gleason Foley, Mrs. 
Monta Kelley Buckingham, Henrietta Gablestein, Helen Nagel, Adelaid 
Phelan, Genevieve Gough, and Mary Lawler, 

Mary Winkler, in charge of influenza patients at St. Ambrose Col- 
lege (died in service). 

Mrs. Amanda Machirus, Emergency Hospital during influenza 
epidemic. 

PUPIL NURSES OF DAVENPORT HOSPITAL GIVING SERVICE DURING 
INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC 

Martha Cornel and Mary Freund, Camp Dodge, Iowa. 

Winnie Motter, Irene Duggleby, Mae Campbell, Sena Christensen, 
Evelyn Robinson, and Naomi Sandstedt, Emergency Hospital, Daven- 
port. 

PUPIL NURSES OF MERCY HOSPITAL GIVING SERVICE DURING 
INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC 

Winifred Scanlin, Gloria Cranor, Margaret Severs, Julia Hecklinger, 
Nellie Watterson, Ruth Wolfe, Hattie Menzenberg, Lydia Bauman, 
Josephine Moylan, Carman Flannery, and Frances Cant, Emergency 
Hospital, Davenport. 



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PUPIL NUR8ES OF ST, LUKE's HOSPITAL GIVING SERVICE DURING 
INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC 

Leone Van Mechelen, and Esther Amidon, Camp Dodge, Iowa. 

Mabel Walker, Maud Snyder, Lola Spald, Lucile Fox, Esther Thulin, 
Aves Garetscn, Esther Hansen, Alice Petri, Hazel Carlson, Amanda 
Schlims, Edith Hill, and Blanche Wainwright, Emergency Hospital, 
Davenport. 



The Dentists 



Among the professions v^hich placed their time and skill at the dis- 
posal of the government, the dentists of the country performed a not- 
able service; and the record shovi^s that Iowa was near the top in this 
contribution to the national morale, and Scott county at the top in Iowa. 

They rendered a great service, first for the volunteers and then for 
men sent forward under the draft. Of the large amount of work done 
for members of the Batteries before they left, no record was kept. At 
that time efforts were largely directed to make men fit who had been 
rejected for dental defects. Later it was to make all accepted draft 
men dentally fit to take their place in the fighting ranks. 

In March, 1916, the Preparedness LeagTie of American Dentists was 
formed, with Iowa in the Chicago district. State and county supervisors 
were appointed. Some of the eastern states got to work earlier than 
Iowa did, but after Iowa was once organized no state equalled her for 
the amount of work done for the drafted men. Massachusetts, New 
York, and Pennsylvania were able to report more operations, but the 
44,080 operations in Iowa were surpassed in proportion to population 
only by Massachusetts. 

Figures furnished by Dr. H. E. Latcham, state director for Iowa, 
show that Scott county led the state with twenty-two operators and 
2,024 operations, performed free for soldiers. 

Dr. C. R. Baker was appointed county supervisor for Scott county, 
and Dr. E, M. Kingsbury was of great help to him in organizing the 
work and in the making of the thousands of examinations. A later de- 
velopment was the appointment of a dentist for each draft board — Dr. 
L. M. Desmond for Board No. 1, Dr. C. R. Baker for Not. 2, and Dr. W. 
E. Haller for Scott County Board. Dr. F. B. Ebersole succeeded Dr. 
Desmond when the latter entered the service. 



The Greater Davenport Committee 
and Davenport Commercial Club 



By J. C. McCarthy, Secretary 



In outlining the war activities of ttie Greater Davenport Committee 
and Davenport Commercial Club it is difficult to consider them 
separately, inasmuch as they were conducted under the guidance of a 
single executive head and from a headquarters maintained jointly by 
the two organizations. 

By reason of its strategic location it was appreciated at the very 
outset of the war that Rock Island Arsenal should become the nation's 
greatest munitions plant and the Greater Davenport Committee set to 
work to bring this to the realization of members of Congress with the 
view of getting their support in obtaining increased appropriations 
which would permit the Arsenal to expand. Their attention was 
called to the fact that Rock Island Arsenal is more than 1,000 miles 
from either coast line, is approximately equi-distant between the Can- 
adian frontier and the Gulf, and is located in the middle of the Missis- 
sippi river, the country's greatest inland waterway. 

Fear was expressed, however, by certain of the legislators that by 
reason of its location far from the great industrial centers of the East 
a sufficient supply of labor would not be obtainable for the Arsenal, and 
they accordingly declined to give their support to measures looking to 
the establishment of any shops for Arsenal expansion. The Greater 
Davenport Committee, however, felt sure that plenty of labor could be 
obtained to meet this expansion, and as an evidence of its faith in this 
respect, pledged its word to Congress and to the War Department to 
bring to this community all the labor that would be needed. 

This promise resulted in the inauguration of an advertising cam- 
paign extending over six states, where, through the medium of daily 
and weekly nev/spapers the Greater Davenport Committee told of the 
ideal working conditions provided by the Arsenal and of the high rates 
of pay there. It impressed upon the readers of these advertisements 
the patriotic duty of labor to rally to the support of industries that had 
a bearing on the winning of the war. 

With the completion of two of the larger national army canton- 
ments representatives of the committee, through the medium of special 
newspaper advertising and personal solicitation brought to the atten- 
tion of men who were being discharged the great need for workmen at 
the Arsenal. 

When the committee started its activities less than 2,000 men were 
employed in the Arsenal shops, and when it concluded its campaign this 
number had been increased to 15,000. Col. G. W. Burr, Ordnance De- 
partment, United States Army, Commandant of the Arsenal, in a public 

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statement gave the Greater Davenport Committee credit for having 
obtained about 60 per cent of this total increase. More than 150 news- 
papers were utilized by the committee in this, campaign. 

The next war activity in which the organization engaged was the 
mobilization of Davenport's industries for war service. It was through 
the medium of the committee that a plan was worked out for bringing 
to the attention of the authorities at Washington a comprehensive sur- 
vey of the Davenport industries that were prepared to handle war 
orders. The manufacturers formed an organization known as the As- 
sociated Manufacturers of Davenport, and its representative at the 
national capital secured for the Davenport industries war contracts 
amounting to $29,000,000. 

The great influx of labor to the community to engage in war work 
at the Arsenal and in the private industries soon brought about an 
acute housing situation, and to meet this the Greater Davenport Com- 
mittee, through a "rent-a-room" campaign appealed to the householders 
of the community to provide accommondations for the newcomers. An 
office was established at the Davenport Commercial Club for the regis- 
tration of rooms for rent and for several months the services of one 
clerk was devoted exclusively to this work and accommodations for 
several thousand workmen were obtained. This activity was con- 
tinued until the signing of the armistice. The need for increased home 
building was manifest to the committee and it undertook to organize 
private capital into a plan for building a large number of homes. This 
was abandoned, however, when the government housing project was 
inaugurated. 

When the National Guard of the country was called into active 
service the enrollment in Davenport's two Batteries of Artillery and 
Supply Company was beneath war strength. The Greater Davenport 
Committee undertook to obtain the desired number of additional enlist- 
ments and by means of a campaign of publicity, public meetings, and 
advertising in Davenport and surrounding points soon accomplished 
this undertaking and the units went into service with full war strength. 

All of the clerical work in connection with the movement which 
brought about the building of the model group of armory buildings for 
the Batteries was handled by the forces of the Greater Davenport Com- 
mittee and Davenport Commercial Club. In the same manner the 
clerical work in connection with the Liberty Loan campaigns was 
handled, and the Davenport Commercial Club served as headquarters 
for four of the five campaigns. The clerical work and distribution of 
posters and literature in connection with the Red Cross, Salvation 
Army, Y. M. C. A. and War Savings Stamps drives also were handled 
from the Commercial Club. 

The appeal of the national government for increased production of 
food stuffs brought about the creation of a War Gardens Committee 
affiliated with the Commercial Club. An extensive survey of all the 
vacant lots in the city was made, and through the Club scores of plats 
of ground were allotted to the amateur gardeners. 

The Retail Merchants Bureau of the Commercial Club successfully 
conducted a campaign for the elimination of special deliveries of mer- 



124 HISTORY OP WAR ACTIVITIES 

chandise and to minimize the exchange of purchased articles. The 
Traffic Bureau of the Club worked for the fullest possible utilization of 
transportation by loading cars to capacity and elimination of de- 
murrage. 

Throughout the entire war hardly a week passed but what the main 
dining room of the Commercial Club was utilized for addresses by 
various speakers in the interest of war measures. 

The inability of the Davenport Chapter of the American Red Cross 
to obtain suitable headquarters and workrooms in the down town sec- 
tion brought about the allotment of the pool room, ladies' parlor, and 
reading room of the Commercial Club for this purpose, and throughout 
the war these rooms were used from early morning until late at night 
by scores of patriotic women engaged in making surgical dressings, 
garments, and other Red Cross requisites. 

The Club brought about the establishment in Davenport of a secret 
organization of traveling men that did its bit in assisting the govern- 
ment to conduct its campaign against treasonable utterances and for 
the saving of food and fuel. 

The Secretary of the Greater Davenport Committee and Davenport 
Commercial Club accepted and served as manager of a Red Cross Fair 
which brought $12,000 into the treasury of the Davenport Chapter. The 
secretarial and house forces of the Club also were utilized in the estab- 
lishment of an Emergency Red Cross Hospital during the influenza 
epidemic. The bureaus of the Club assisted in the measures instituted 
at that time to prevent the spread of the dread disease. 

Throughout the entire war the privileges of the Club were offered 
to all officers stationed at the Rock Island Arsenal or engaged in other 
duties in this community, and hundreds of them availed themselves of 
this courtesy. This action on the part of the Club was particularly ap- 
preciated during the time the ordnance school for officers was located 
at the Arsenal. 

The Commercial Club assisted in the establishment of the War Camp 
Community Service in Davenport and for a time supplied office facilities 
for those engaged in that work. 

Through the medium of the Charities and Advertising Bureau of 
the Club scores of entertainments, fairs, etc., purporting to be in the 
interest of war activities were investigated and endorsement was given 
only those which were found to be as represented. 



The Press 



By J. E. Hardman 



The newspapers of Scott county, during the world war, did their 
part well in assisting to mobilize all the forces of the community to the 
end that Scott county should perform its full share and more of 
the great work that was so suddenly thrust upon the nation when 
America entered the conflict. A rather unusual condition existed in 
April, 1917, and continues now, for all the newspapers published in the 
county are printed in Davenport. It was from Davenport, therefore, 
that all the information and all the appeals carried by newspapers to 
the people of the county went out to every town and village and farm 
home. 

The five newspapers — the Iowa Reform, a German semi-weekly; the 
Catholic Messenger, an English weekly; Der Demokrat, a German 
daily; The Democrat and Leader, an English daily, evening five days 
and Sunday morning, and The Times, an English evening paper — all 
ccntributed to the success of the war. Owing to the conditions that 
developed the Iowa Reform returned to weekly publication, and on Sep- 
tember 7, 1918, Der Demokrat announced that it would no longer be 
published. Der Demokrat had been a loyal supporter of the govern- 
ment since the declaration of war, but as Fred A. Lischer, the pub- 
lisher, announced, a prejudice had developed that made it advisable to 
suspend. The machinery was disposed of and a publication that had 
been a feature of the community life for over half a century came to 
an end. 

For a time the other newspapers faced strenuous days, in common 
with newspapers all over the country, for there was a shortage of print 
paper, and in addition to soaring prices it was necessary to contend 
with this shortage by agreeing to receive paper as it was doled out 
under strict government regulations, limiting the amount of news that 
could be printed in proportion to the amount of advertising carried. 

The newspapers printed all the war news that was available and 
which did not come in the class of news the government had requested 
them not to print. Telegraph and cable news pertaining to the war 
was, of course, censored at its source. But there was much news at 
Rock Island Arsenal, available at all times to Davenport newspaper 
men, which could not be printed out of consideration of safety for the 
government. This was a self-imposed censorship, just as the movements 
of troop trains, which passed through the city daily, were not reported 
out of respect to the request of the government. There was at no time 
any official with a blue pencil limiting what Scott county papers might 
print — the requests made by the government were always observed by 
these newspapers. 

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126 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

Every form of community organization or united effort, having for 
its object to contribute to the winning of the war, was given the fullest 
publicity day after day by the Scott county newspapers. The appeals 
for workers at the Arsenal, the need of growing more wheat, the im- 
portance of war gardens, the necessity for conserving fuel, the full ex- 
planation of the process of the draft, the publication of names, the an- 
nouncements of the local draft boards, the explanation of the work 
done by the Salvation Army, the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., the Knights 
of Columbus, the Jewish Welfare Board, the plans for entertaining men 
in the camps and here, to mention only a few things, were all given 
liberal space. 

There was no single phase of the war work that was not given the 
fullest support by the Davenport papers. And this was particularly 
apparent in the appeal for funds for the Red Cross, whose quick organ- 
ization was one of the happy incidents of Davenport's war period. But 
it was in the explanation and appeals for loyal support of the Liberty 
Loans that the Davenport newspapers gave space most liberally. In 
editorial and news columns they endeavored to make every person in 
the county fully conversant with every phase of these loan drives and 
the wonderful record of the county was made possible, in no small way, 
by the work of the papers. Linked with the loans were the War Sav- 
ings Certificates and the Thrift Stamps, and these like the bond issues 
had to be most minutely explained. 

The entire community war activity was reflected in the columns of 
the papers from day to day, for there was not an important speech or 
other event connected with the war here in Scott county that did not 
receive full consideration in the news columns. In the bound files of 
the Davenport newspapers throughout the war period is to be found 
from day to day the history of Scott county in the war — a marvelous 
record of achievement surpassed nowhere in the country. And it 
should not be omitted, even in a brief survey of local newspaper activity 
during the war, that to a very large extent it was the loyalty and sup- 
port of the subscribers and advertisers that made it possible for the 
newspapers during this period to be the medium through which there 
was developed in Scott county a new community spirit of co-operation 
and a new power to do big things in a big way that have commanded 
for the county the admiration and respect of the entire state. 



Housing 



By Parke T, Burrows, Architect 



Soon after the United States entered the world war it became evi- 
dent that the great expansion of the government plant at Rock Island 
Arsenal, requiring an approximate increase in the number of employes 
from 2,000 to 15,000, would require a commensurate expansion in the 
housing facilities of the Tri-Cities. 

In the winter of 1918, steps were taken by Davenport business men 
to interest the government in providing suitable housing in order that 
Davenport might take care of her quota of the thousands of people 
brought to this community by the war work. It was proposed that a 
local company be formed which should receive financial assistance 
from the government, but should be responsible for carrying out all of 
the details of the building operation. The cities on the Illinois side of 
the river took similar action. The government sent representatives to 
investigate the situation and report in detail with recommendations as 
to whether houses, boarding houses, or hotels should be built; where 
the buildings should be built, and the proportion in which the number 
of houses to be erected should be divided between the Iowa and Illinois 
sides of the river. It was found, upon such investigation, that about 60 
per cent of the Arsenal employes were living, or preferred to live, in 
Davenport. 

It was soon decided by the government authorities that it would be 
preferable, as similar building operations were required in various 
parts of the country, to control the whole building operation in each 
case rather than to be associated with various local corporations. 

On May 16, 1918, Congress declared by an act that it was essential 
that provision be made for housing facilities for employes of the United 
States whose service in essential war work required them to reside in 
certain localities; and, on June 18, 1918, the President, by executive 
order, directed that the Secretary of Labor have and exercise all power 
and authority vested in the President by the act of Congress of May 16, 
1918, entitled "An act to authorize the President to provide housing 
for war needs," and by the act of Congress entitled "An act making 
appropriations to supply additional urgent deficiencies in appro- 
priations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, on account of 
war expenses and for other purposes," approved June 4, 1918, insofar as 
the same relates to "housing for war needs." 

Pursuant to said acts and said authority, the United States Housing 
Corporation was created. The action of the President had been antici- 
pated, in that a large amount of preliminary work had been done to- 
wards the formation of the corporation by assembling the men who 
were to form its personnel. These men were at work for some months 
before the United States Housing Corporation was finally authorized, 

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128 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

preparing a plan of action, determining standards, and framing with 
great haste the skeleton cf a great business organization. The officers 
and heads of departments of the United States Housing Corporation 
have been men, in the main, of national reputation who took up their 
work in the corporation as a patriotic service without material compen- 
sation. The Director of the Housing Corporation, Otto M. Eidlitz, was 
a well-known New York contractor. Associated with Mr. Eidlitz were 
such men as Burt L. Fenner, of McKim, Mead & White, architects, of 
New York, Manager of the Housing Corporation; Fred Law Olmstead, 
landscape architect, of Boston, who was head cf the Town Planning 
Department; John W. Alvord, well-known Chicago engineer, one of 
whose assistants in Washington was William H. Kimball, of Davenport, 
and many other men eminent as architects, engineers, or contractors. 

The original amount appropriated for the housing work was 
$60,000,000, and this amount later on was more than trebled. Of the 
original appropriation, a little less than $2,000,000 was set aside for 
the Davenport project. At cnce, upon the promulgation of the Presi- 
dent's order of June 18, 1918, the Housing Corporation started definite 
action on the Davenport project. A committee of designers was ap- 
pointed, consisting of Temple & Burrows, Davenport, architects; W. S. 
Shields, Chicago, engineer, and George E. Kessler, St. Louis, town 
planner. Edward S. Judd, of Chicago, was appointed to select and 
purchase sites for the houses, and, after the necessary investigation and 
negotiations, bought three tracts of land in Davenport. 

On these it was determined that 400 houses should be built, 189 to 
be located on ground at the west end of the city known as McManus 
Tract, ninety-one on ground northwest of Vander Veer Park called the 
Park Lane Tract, and 120 on a tract in the northeastern part of the 
city called the King Tract. All of these properties were entirely un- 
developed. 

Before the tracts were selected, the architects were at work on plans 
for the houses, and, as soon as the tracts were tentatively selected, the 
engineer and town planner began their work of laying out streets, 
blocks, and lots, and making provision for the extension of sewers, 
water and gas mains, and electric light wires to them. 

The officials of the Housing Corporation at Washington maintained 
constant supervision of the preliminary work in all its stages and 
passed upon all details of the plans and specifications as they pro- 
gressed. The working drawings and specifications were turned over 
to the corporation complete, ready for figuring by the contractors, on 
August 31st. After taking figures from various contractors, the work 
was let September 26th for the entire 400 houses to a combination of 
the interests of the Gordon-Van Tine Company and the Central Engi- 
neering Company of Davenport; the contract being let in the name of 
the Central Engineering Company. The personnel of the interests in- 
volved consisted of E. C. Roberts, H. G. Roberts, and H. V. Scott, of the 
Gordon-Van Tine Company, and Col. G. W. French, Decker French, and 
Otto Nobis, of the Central Engineering Company. The work was 
handled directly by H. V. Scott and Otto Nobis. 



SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA 129 

Work was started at once upon the McManus Tract after the letting 
of the contract, and was carried on under the handicaps usual to work 
let under war-time conditions; being hampered by shortage of labor, 
the difficulties of securing material, and transportation troubles. Frank 
Lederer, of St. Louis, was appointed works superintendent, acting under 
the construction division of the Housing Corporation, which was di- 
rectly represented in the general direction of the work by F. H. 
Michaelis, acting as project manager. Upon Mr. Michaelis' resignation, 
his work was taken up by H. W. Martin, who in turn was succeeded by 
H. D. Belcher. Fred W. Jenkins was the local representative of the 
project manager. C. P. Richardson, as cost reports engineer, was later 
succeeded by C. A. James, and he by A. G. Bisbee. George Fernandez 
and C. S. Rosenberger successively held the office of field auditor. 

At once, upon the signing of the armistice, work on the Park Lane 
Tract, upon which but little work had been done up to that time, was 
discontinued, and later on work was also abandoned on the King Tract, 
The McManus Tract will be completed as originally planned. 

The houses are of substantial, permanent construction, built in 
accordance with government standards. They are unusually complete 
in their equipment; each having a furnace, bath room, hot water 
heater, electric light wiring, cement floor in basement, hardwood floors, 
screens, etc. The houses are of varied exterior design and materials. 
They are built from four to six rooms, in addition to the bath room; 
some being one-story bungalows and some two-story houses. In the 
proportioning of the various types to be built, the preferences of Arsenal 
employes were consulted through Lieutenant J. Reed Lane, who repre- 
sented the War Department in this work. The lots will be finished 
complete with sod and seeding, cement sidewalks, trees, and shrubbery. 
R. C. Baldwin, town manager, represents the operating division of the 
United States Housing Corporation in the rental and sale of these 
houses. 



Rock Island Arsenal 



A review of the war activities of Scott county would not be com- 
plete without reference to the governmental work done at Rock Island 
Arsenal, the development and protection of which, so far as the civilian 
population could co-operate, was tied up intimately with our war 
service as a county. 

From the day that the United States entered the war until the 
armistice was signed, the government authorized the expenditure at 
Rock Island of $108,955,974.07. Of this amount $19,612,133.48 has been 
revoked, leaving an actual expenditure of $89,343,840.59 by Rock Island 
Arsenal during the period of the war. 

The average yearly allotments for Rock Island Arsenal in the three 
years prior to the entrance of the United States into the war were ap- 
proximately $9,000,000, indicating that in spite of the criticism that has 
been leveled at the War Department, it has gene at the business of 
fitting the country for war in a manner that showed results on Novem- 
ber 11th. 

Of the $89,343,840.07, credited to this Arsenal for all purposes $66,- 
526,540.31 was devoted to the manufacture of war material and pur- 
chases for this manufacture. This amount also includes labor, which 
in the nineteen months and eleven days since the beginning of the war 
has amounted to $17,120,515.51. For increased facilities, new ma- 
chinery, alterations, and new buildings, the government has spent 
$17,341,487.96, while for storage, temporary barracks, guard houses, 
and other incidental buildings $3,915,812.59 has been spent. 

The Savanna proving ground is also under the supervision of the 
commanding officer of Rock Island Arsenal, and $1,560,000 has been ex- 
pended there, including the purchase of 13,000 acres of land, the con- 
struction of several miles of concrete road, and the erection of a large 
number of permanent buildings, officers' quarters, barracks, etc. 

Interesting comparisons can be drawn between the total and average 
monthly expenditures at Rock Island Arsenal for the three years prior 
to the war and for the period during which the United States was pre- 
paring or actually fighting in the war. 

A STRIKING CONTRAST 

During the period from August, 1914, when the European nations 
began fighting, until April, 1917, when the United States declared itself 
in the struggle, the total expenditure at Rock Island Arsenal was 
$11,759,935.90, of which purchases amounted to $7,115,849.53 and labor 
$4,644,086.37. The average monthly expenditure during this period 
was $222,370.29 for purchases and $145,127.69, or a total average ex- 
penditure for the thirty-two months preceding the United States' par- 
ticipation in the war of $347,497.98. . 

In striking contrast to these amounts are the figures shown during 
the period this country was in the war. The total amount expended 

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for purchases and labor was $59,587,390.18, divided into $42,466,874.67 
for purchases and $17,120,515.51, making the average expenditure per 
rnonth $3,077,861. Of this average $2,193,536.91 was for purchases and 
$884,324.14 for labor. These figures, it must be understood, are for the 
manufacturing department of Rock Island Arsenal and do not include 
the huge sums expended for labor and material by the construction 
companies at work here. 

NUMBER OF EMPLOYES 

For some time prior to the outbreak of the war in 1914, the em- 
ployes at Rock Island Arsenal totaled approximately 1,800 men and 175 
women, the latter all office workers, typists, and stenographers. From 
that time until the spring of 1916 there was little tendency to increase 
the num.ber of workers, but at that time the disturbance on the Mexican 
border started increased activities here, and by July 1, 1916, there had 
been added to the force about 100 men and twenty-five women, the 
latter still being confined to clerical positions. From that time until 
the United States entered the war employes were added at the rate of 
about 200 per month, and on the sixth day of April, 1917, there were 
employed 3,600 men and 300 women office workers. High speed and 
maximum production then became the watchword and employes were 
added at a rate of about 250 or 300 per month. On December 31, 1917, 
the total was 6,100 men and 376 women office workers. On May 31, 
1918, this total was increased to 8,926 men and 460 women office work- 
ers. About 100 women shop workers had also been employed. The 
first of the women shop workers were employed May 20, 1918, and when 
the armistice was signed about 1,500 women were employed in the 
shops. The following table shows the increase in the number of em- 
ployes during the war period: 

Men Women 

August, 1914 1,800 175 

July, 1916 1,900 200 

April, 1917 3,600 300 

January, 1918 6,100 376 

May, 1918 (office 100), shop 8,926 450 

July, 1918 10,268 572 

August, 1918 11,244 722 

September, 1918 11,899 902 

October, 1918 12,342 1,227 

November, 1918 13,361 1,417 

CIVILIAN AND MILITARY GUARD 

One of the most striking changes to those who have been accustomed 
to conditions at Rock Island Arsenal, during the period of the war, was 
the careful and efficient manner of guarding the government property 
by means of both civil and military guards, on and about the island. 

Prior to the declaration of war the shop guard consisted of four 
civilian giiards and four soldiers, the latter members of the permanent 
ordnance detachment of the regular army stationed here. These men 
were known as "key" men and reported by means of clocks at various 
points in the shops. 



132 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

Immediately after war was declared, however, means were taken to 
protect the property and equipment and a high wire enclosure was 
built around the shops, the main storehouses, and the oil houses. Upon 
its completion nine more civilian guards were employed to patrol the 
main gates and the west railroad gate. Admission to the wire enclosure 
could then only be secured by the presentation of the proper pass. At 
the same time the gate guards were employed sixteen more civilian 
guards were placed as shop guards and given posts around the shops to 
patrol. A sergeant of the ordnance detachment was placed in charge 
of these guards. 

IXFANTEY COMES 

In February, 1917, the first battalion of the 10th United States In- 
fantry was brought to the Arsenal for outside guard duty. The bat- 
talion numbered approximately 1,000 men and patrolled all the island 
outside the enclosure, establishing thirty-two posts where a sentry was 
on duty all the time. These posts included the pump house, railroad 
bridges, magazines, power dam, and other places of importance. In the 
meantime many other civilian guards and members of the ordnance de- 
tachment were added to the guards inside the enclosure. Members of 
the ordnance detachment were assigned to escort all civilians whose 
business required their presence inside the enclosure and a traffic squad 
was also organized from the detachment which handled the enormous 
flow of pedestrians and vehicles to and from the island in the morn- 
ings and evenings. 

During the first week in August, the first battalion United States 
guards relieved the 10th Infantry from this duty. The guards com- 
prised twenty officers and about 450 men. This organization was in- 
creased later by a company of the 20th United States Infantry and both 
organizations were on duty here. 

FIRE PROTECTION 

Prior to January 1, 1918, the fire department was entirely inadequate 
for the protection of the huge amount of property and many buildings, 
and all members of the department were civilian employes of one of the 
shops under the direction of Chief Engineer George Patterson, the 
entire personnel comprising forty men. 

January 1, 1918, two men were employed as drivers of the pumping 
engine. 

About April 1, 1918, authorization was given for the reconstruction 
of the department and Dan H. Shire, a veteran fireman of Denver and 
Davenport, was assigned as chief. Since that time twenty men have 
been employed. The double platoon system has been placed in effect 
and a full equipment of the most modern motorized equipment has re- 
placed the obsolete types formerly in use. A high pressure water 
system has been built and an electric alarm system installed. For- 
tunately no serious fires have occurred, due principally to the pro- 
paganda of the safety department and constant efforts and inspections 
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MILITARY PERSONNEL 

From a small and comparatively unknown military post a few years 
ago, Rock Island Arsenal is now recognized all over the country as one 
of the most noted government posts. A large military personnel is 
unnecessary here because of the isolated position and natural topo- 
graphical advantages. At the beginning of hostilities the post had ten 
officers and an ordnance detachment of eighty-nine enlisted men, six 
enlisted men of the medical department and three enlisted men of the 
quarterm'asters' corps. This has been gradually increased by authoriza- 
tion of the Chief of Ordnance until at the conclusion of the fighting in 
Europe there were seventy-six ordnance officers and 169 enlisted men. 
In addition there were six medical officers with a detachment of forty- 
five enlisted men, and three officers of the quartermaster's corps with 
forty-eight enlisted men. 

ORGANIZATION 

Colonel George W. Burr was relieved from duty as commanding 
officer at Rock Island Arsenal February 15, 1918, and was succeeded by 
Lieutenant-Colonel Norman F. Ramsey as acting commandant until 
March 3d, when Colonel Leroy T. Hillman assumed charge. The com- 
manding officer of this Arsenal is also designated by the War Depart- 
ment as ordnance officer of the central department. 

The commanding officer is responsible to the War Department for 
all matters connected with the operation of the Arsenal. General 
policies, all changes in labor conditions, working hours, new construc- 
tion, extension or modification of the plant, and all important orders or 
promises of delivery are brought to his personal attention. His instruc- 
tions are issued through the heads of departments under ordinary con- 
ditions. 

The Arsenal organization, under the commanding officer, is divided 
into six chief divisions, consisting of the administrative office, the 
general manager, the general factory manager, and central planning 
section, chief engineer, the military division, and the Rock Island 
Arsenal general supply depot. The administrative officer has charge of 
the correspondence and filing section, allotment section, auditing and 
disbursing section, cost and time section, and the chief clerk and chief 
accountant. At present the acting administrative officer is also the 
executive assistant to the commanding officer. 

SUB-DIVISIONS 

The general manager at the time hostilities ceased and who is now 
serving in that capacity, is Lieutenant-Coloned L. G. McCrum, and in 
the absence of the commanding officer assumes his duties. Under the 
general manager are three main divisions consisting of the civilian 
service division, the industrial engineering section, and the construction 
and maintenance division. The civilian division comprises the employ- 
ment section, civil service section, the employes' association, employes' 
lunch room, employes' hospital, the Arsenal Record (the official publica- 
tion at this Arsenal), the safety engineer, compensation for injured 



134 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

employes, and the housing and transportation department. Production 
records and the installation of shop systems are the tasks assigned to 
the industrial section. Reporting direct to the general manager are the 
officers in charge of the receiving storehouse, balance of stores, property 
section, purchasing section, follow-up section, and raw materials stores. 

The construction department reports to the construction and main- 
tenance section, as does the maintenance section. Reporting through 
the maintenance department to the construction and maintenance sec- 
tion are the officers in charge of power plant, electrical department, 
boiler houses, forage and truck maintenance, plumbing, central steam 
heating plant, water supply, millwrights, carpenters, machinists, repair 
gang, ice plant outside branch, pumping station, bridge and bridge 
guards, and the Alteration plant. 

The general factory manager at the time hostilities ceased was 
Lieutenant-Colonel Emil Tyden. The central planning section is in 
charge of Major L. B. Sommerby, and is a part of the general factory 
management. Under the officers in charge are the following depart- 
ments: Tool manufacturing department, small arms department, gun 
carriage department, wood-working department, cloth and leather de- 
partment, equipment department, and blacksmith department. Each of 
these departments has a planning room, which in turn sub-divides the 
various sub-departments. 

Reporting directly to the chief engineer. Major R. L. Streeter, is 
the officer in charge of the Savanna proving ground, drafting section, 
engineering section, testing laboratory, inspection section, Rock Island 
Arsenal proving ground, experimental work, motor equipment labora- 
tory, and the armament officer. The engineering section has charge of 
estimates and bills of material. 

The military division at Rock Island Arsenal consists of the post 
adjutant, who is also in charge of the watchmen and guards, who is also 
designated as fire marshal by the commanding officer. He is also the 
military intelligence officer. The military division also includes 
quartermaster, recruiting officer, and summary court officer. Stationed 
at the post is a personal adjutant in charge of troops, which includes 
the regular ordnance detachment, casual military personnel. The post 
surgeon, post exchange, and infantry guard also report to the military 
division. 

The Rock Island Arsenal general supply depot is in charge of Major 
C. K. Boettcher, who reports direct to the commanding officer. 

PRODUCTION 

Definite figures as to the actual production of war material at Rock 
Island Arsenal are as yet unavailable, but the following unofficial figures 
have been submitted. The principal articles manufactured here have 
been artillery vehicles, recoil cylinders, artillery wheels, spoke shoes 
and spoke shoe plates, artillery harness, arms repair chests, rifles, 
leaded shells, and personal equipment items in addition to test tool sets 
furnished to various other manufacturing firms throughout the country. 

Since the United States entered the war, up to and including Novem- 
ber 15, 1918, there have been manufactured 159 75-mm. gun carriages at 



SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA 135 

this Arsenal. Unofficial reports also show 194 4.7 gun carriages and 
six three-inch gun carriages and two six-inch howitzer gun carriages. 
Gun caissons manufactured in this period numbered 121 and gun and 
fcrge limbers 446. There were also 255 battery and store wagons man- 
ufactured. 

During the same period Rock Island Arsenal furnished to the 
supply department and to various other manufacturing concerns 264 
4.7 recoil cylinders complete. 

The supply division and outside contractors received from this 
Arsenal during the time that the United States was in the war 9,718 
artillery wheels, all of which were manufactured here. The same dis- 
position was made of 218,650 spoke shoes and spoke plates also pro- 
duced here. 

Up to August 1, 1918, all the artillery harness supplied to the United 
States forces was manufactured at this Arsenal. Between April 6, 1917, 
to November 15, 1918, 24,212 sets of artillery harness were manu- 
factured and 74,207 sets were assembled. In a statement made recently 
by Brigadier-General John T. Thompson, Director of Arsenals, it was 
announced that the harness manufacturing department at Rock Island 
Arsenal was the largest and most completly equipped in the world. 

There were manufactured and assembled during the period of hos- 
tilities 13,241 arms repair chests. 

The manufacture of rifles was one of the principal tasks at Rock 
Island Arsenal. For practically the entire period while the United 
States was in the war almost 3,500 men and women were employed in 
the small arms plant exclusively. During that time, there were manu- 
factured, and are now assembled or furnished as repair parts, an 
equivalent approximating 113,670 rifles, M.1903. 

There were 167,195 155-mm. howitzer shells loaded without adapters 
and boosters. 

Approximately 790,000 complete sets of personal equipment were 
manufactured during that period, including the following items: 
1,512,190 bacon cans, 354,770 knives, 649,457 canteen covers, 858,344 
haversacks, and 400,256 pack carriers. 

A comparative statement of the production at Rock Island Arsenal 
during the last year indicates that at the time the armistice was signed, 
this institution was just reaching a point where maximum production 
could be attained. 

In March two 75-mm. gun carriages were manufactured. The same 
number were turned out in April. In May production increased to 
sixteen, twenty in June, twenty-two in July, twenty-three in August, 
twenty-eight in September, and forty-six in October. The 4.7 gun cai"- 
riages reached the maximum production in September, when fifty-eight 
were manufactured. Out of 194 which have been manufactured at this 
Arsenal since the declaration of war, 183 have been turned out since 
January, 1918. 

In the manufacture of rifles the high water mark was reached in 
October, when parts sufficient to make an equivalent of 30,455 were 
made. 



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AX EXVIABLE RECORD 



Aside from the actual work in the shops for the production of war 
material, employes of Rock Island Arsenal hung up a record for war 
service that has not been surpassed by any manufacturing plant in the 
country in proportion to size. Since the declaration of war they have 
subscribed the enormous sum of $4,000,000 to the various war charities 
and to the Liberty Bond issues. 

The bonds, of course, have been the principal investment of the 
workers, sales here totaling $3,050,000. The Red Cross campaigns 
have netted more than $15,000; the Salvation Army, $10,000; the allied 
war drive, $20,000, and the Davenport Visiting Nurse Association, 
$6,000. The sale of War Savings Stam.ps and Thrift Stamps, of which 
no record has been kept, will bring the total well over the four million 
mark. 

The success of the Liberty Loan drives at Rock Island Arsenal is 
due in a large measure to the organization which handled the sale. 
Under the direction of Lieutenant J. Reed Lane, as general chairman, 
captains and teams were appointed in each shop and department. As 
a result of the efficient work of the organization. Rock Island Arsenal, 
including the construction companies and their employes, became 92 
69-100 per cent purchasers of Liberty Bonds in the fourth drive. The 
average subscription at this Arsenal was $107. 

SUMMARY 

Actual expenditure at Arsenal during the period of war. . .$89,343,840.50 
Average yearly allotment for three years prior to war. . . . 9,000,000.00 
Devoted to purchase and manufacture of raw material, in- 
cluding labor, in past nineteen months 66,526,540.31 

Spent from above figure for labor alone during that period 17,120,515.51 
For increased facilities, new machinery, alterations, and 

new buildings 17,341,487.69 

For storage, temporary barracks, guard houses, and other 

incidental buildings 3,915,812.59 

Expended for Savanna proving grounds, including purchase 

of 13,000 acres of land 1,560,000.00 

Employes prior to outbreak of war in 1914 approximated 1,800 men 
and 175 women, the latter all office workers, typists, and stenographers. 

By July 1, 1916, during the Mexican trouble, this number had been 
increased by about 100 men and twenty-five women, the latter still being 
confined to clerical positions. 

On April 6, 1917, when war was declared by the United States, there 
were employed 3,360 men and 300 women office workers. 

On May 1, 1918, the employes had been increased to 8,926 men and 
450 women office workers. About 100 women were also working 
in the shops. 

On November 11, 1918, the date of the signing of the armistice, there 
were employed at the Arsenal 13,361 men and 1,500 women in the shops, 
and 1,417 women in office positions. 

Principal articles of manufacture included artillery vehicles, recoil 
cylinders, artillery wheels, spoke shoes and spoke shoe plates, artillery 
harness, arms repair chests, rifles, loaded shells and personal equipment 



SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA 137 

items, in addition to test tool sets furnished to various other manu- 
facturing firms throughout the country. 

Since the United States entered the war, there have been manu- 
factured 159 75-millimeter gun carriages, 194 gun carriages for 4.7 inch 
pieces, six 3-inch gun carriages, and two 6-inch howitzer gun carriages. 
Gun caissons manufactured numbered 121 and gun and forge limbers 
446. There were also 255 battery and store wagons manufactured. 

Up to August 1. 1918, all the artillery harness supplied to the United 
States forces was manufactured at the Arsenal. There were 24,212 sets 
manufactured and 74,207 sets assembled from the time of the declara- 
tion of war to the signing of the armistice. 

One of the principal tasks was the manufacture of rifles. During 
the period of the war 3,500 workers turned out 113,670 complete rifles. 
Thirty thousand four hundred and fifty-five were made in October alone. 



The Fourth of July, 1918 



"The Biggest Patriotic Demonstration Ever Staged in Davenport" 
was the headline justly thrown over the account in the Davenport 
papers of the Fourth of July parade and celebration of our second year 
in the war. Fifteen thousand persons lined the streets and half as 
many took part in the parade, which required forty-five minutes to pass 
a given point. All the patriotic organizations took part, and their 
enthusiasm was represented by floats and flags and costuming and 
marching effects which made the procession kaleidoscopic in character 
and intensely patriotic in its nature. 



The Celebration of the Armistice 



The course of the war was marked by many notable events which 
will long linger in the memory of those who participated in the war 
work here in Scott county. There were public meetings to arouse the 
patriotic spirit of the people in connection with the various War 
Work and Liberty Loan campaigns, and there were the demonstrations 
as large groups of the home boys left for the training or concentration 
camps, or as other groups of recruits came here on their way, through 
the regular recruiting agencies, to Jefferson Barracks and elsewhere. 
In their appropriate places, these events have found mention in the 
reports filling the preceding pages of this volume. 

A great patriotic demonstration was the Fourth of July parade of 
1918. And thus the war wore on until the memorable days in Novem- 
ber, 1918, when the enemy, disorganized and in flight, was making 
overtures for a truce. Those were days of tension and stress, of false 
reports of peace, of canards that started the bells ringing and the 
whistles blowing in many cities. Finally, in the early hours of Mon- 
day morning, November 11th — at 2 a. m. to be exact — ^a blast of 
whistles awakened the sleepers in Davenport, and they knew that the 
German delegates at the headquarters of Marshal Foch had accepted 
the terms of the armistice, and that the war was over. 

After the deep-throated whistles told the glorious news, there was 
little sleep for anyone in Davenport or Scott county for most of the 
next twenty-four hours. The greatest celebration of the entire war 
period began at once. 

Within a few minutes the down-town streets were filled with scurry- 
ing automobiles, the sidewalks with happy and excited throngs. Flags 
were everywhere. There were impromptu parades. The Home Guard 
was on duty promptly, and to it was due in large measure the orderli- 
ness and freedom from accident which marked the celebration. 

The development of a program for the demonstration was at once 
taken up by the Bureau of Military Affairs of the Scott County Council 
of National Defense, composed of Dan B. Home, A. J. Faerber, G. W. 
French, Louis Bein, Harry W. Phillips, Isaac Petersberger, H. J. Mc- 
Farland, Ray M. Nyemaster, Chris. Heuck, W. J. McCullough, Chris. 
Marti, Herman Oetzmann, A. F. Dawson, and Aug. Balluff, together 
with Mayor C. M. Littleton, Frank D. Throop, E. P. Adler, Joseph 
Deutsch, and J. C. McCarthy. 

A big parade was the morning feature. Nearly everything on wheels 
in the city was in it, scores of trucks being filled with the employes of 
Rock Island arsenal, where work was suspended for the day. The Boy 
Scout band and the various troops of Scouts, other bands and patriotic 
organizations made it a long and noisy procession. One of the news- 
papers of the day said: 

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"The members of the Council of Defense led the demonstration, 
followed by the Patriots' League, Liberty Chorus, Boy Scouts, Arsenal 
Workers, Women's Council of Defense, Letter Carriers, United States 
Housing Corporation employes. Palmer School students, Red Cross 
nurses, Parent-Teachers' organization. Salvation Army, various colored 
organizations, every auto in the city decked with flags, and followed 
every step by the small boy who was having the time of his life. More 
than one mother will never discover what became of the household 
frying pan, tea kettle, and numerous other pots. The small boy had 
evidently raided the kitchen for a sleep-disturber and found it." 

The afternoon was given over to carnival, the central part of the 
down town district reserved for merrymaking, and automobiles barred 
from it. Confetti and other signs of the carnival spirit soon littered 
the streets and w^alks. There was a big bonfire and day fireworks on 
the levee, and another bonfire and night fireworks after dark. All w^as 
so well arranged and carried out that the Council of Defense was able 
to declare, in thanking various organizations and the public for co- 
operation, that "not a single accident or act of vandalism occurred." 



American Protective League 



One organization which functioned in Davenport very quietly, but 
effectively, was the local branch of the American Protective League, 
which was organized soon after the opening of the war, with the ap- 
proval and operating under the direction of the Bureau of Investigation 
of the Department of Justice. 

The Davenport branch was organized June 1, 1917, with some ten 
members, the membership gradually expanding during the war until 
every ward and township in the county was organized, with over two 
hundred members under fourteen captains. Its investigations of cases 
of alleged slackers and other forms of disloyalty ran into the thousands, 
and its w^ork in conjunction with the Military Intelligence Olfice of 
Rock Island Arsenal helped to add to the security of the great muni- 
tions plant here. The chief maintained an office with a competent 
clerk and stenographer, and was in constant and close touch with the 
heads of all the war activities of the vicinity. 

Immediately after the signing of the armistice the local branch 
received orders to close up its affairs, and all its papers and records 
were turned over to the Department of Justice. 



Community Welcome Home 

To Soldiers and Sailors of Scott 
County, Iowa 



By Harry J. McFarlaxd, Chairman Arrangements Committee 



To welcome home soldiers and sailors after a great victory has been 
the custom of ages and the privilege of those who are not permitted to 
be a part of the splendid achievement. 

When our boys departed we bade them good-bye and asked God to 
bless them and send them home safely again. They were part of that 
great fighting machine of this country which was the marvel of the 
world, and did their part in bringing forth a victory for the honor of 
the Stars and Stripes. 

When the boys began to return home Scott county decided it would 
not be outdone by any American city in its welcome home to its brave 
soldiers and sailors. The Council of Defense and Bureau of Military 
Affairs, through its chairman, Dan B. Home, and the committee, and 
also the American Red Cross, through its chairman, Charles Grilk, 
and a committee, held a joint meeting aiid arranged to hold a celebra- 
tion at Davenport for the returned soldiers and sailors and entitled 
every war activity of this county to have a part in the welcome home 
celebration. 

February 3, 1919, was the date decided upon and it will always be 
remembered as a red-letter day in the history of our city. We demon- 
strated to the boys that we were proud of them and that we were glad 
to have them safely home again. It was decided to hold a banquet and 
ball — the banquet to be held at the Blackhawk Hotel and the ball at 
the Coliseum. On account of limited seating capacity at the Black- 
hawk Hotel, it was necessary to hold an overflow banquet at the Daven- 
port Commercial Club, and over 650 soldiers and sailors participated. 

It was an edifying sight for any citizen to watch the proceedings. 
All types of soldiers and sailors were present, some from overseas, some 
from the camps in this country, and some who were called out on 
November 11th, the day the armistice was signed, and marched to 
Hotel Dempsey, where they were discharged. They were a happy, 
joyous, contented lot and enjoyed the festivities to the fullest. 

The speakers at the banquet at the Blackhawk Hotel were: Chas. 
M. Littleton, Mayor of Davenport; Judge Nathaniel French, Captain 
Roland S. Truitt, Captain E. McGinley, and A. F. Dawson. Harry J. 
McFarland presided as toastmaster. Mrs. C. M. Cochrane and Mrs. W. 
T. Waterman were the soloists of the evening, and Mrs. T. D. Starbuck 
was their accompanist. The Canteen girls of the Davenport Chapter of 
the American Red Cross, under the leadership of Mrs. Dick R. Lane and 
Mrs. J. Reed Lane, received a great ovation from the soldiers and 

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sailors as they marched into the banquet hall with trays of cigarettes 
and matches. Later on in the evening the young ladies passed cigars. 
The soldiers and sailors were glad to meet the Canteen girls, as the boys 
had met them on many occasions prior to this time. 

At the overflow banquet at the Davenport Commercial Club Ray 
Nyemaster, Joe Carmichael, J. C. McCarthy, and A. F. Dawson delivered 
interesting addresses. Lee J. Dougherty acted as toastmaster and gave 
a very hearty welcome home talk to the assembled guests. 

The grand ball that followed at the Coliseum was attended by about 
3,000 people, including soldiers, sailors, their families and friends. An 
excellent musical program was rendered and dancing followed. The 
ever-welcome, cheerful, and willing workers, the Canteen girls, were 
again in evidence, and at four different booths in the hall served frappe 
and wafers. Dancing continued until 1 a. m., and from the happy and 
contented appearance of the soldiers and sailors, they enjoyed the affair 
to the utmost. 

The Community Welcome Home Committee was composed of the 
following : 

Honorary Chairman — Mayer C. M. Littleton. 

Acting Chairman — Harry J. McFarland. 

Council of Defense^ — State Chairman, Colonel G. W. French; County 
Chairman, A. J. Faerber; Community Chairman, M. H. Calderwood; 
Acting Chairman, Harry J. McFarland; Woman's Council Chairman, 
Mrs. J. L. Hecht; Woman's County Chairman, Mrs. Ella S. Burrows. 

Red Cross — Chairman, Charles Grilk; Secretary, Clarence Cochrane; 
Chairman Canteen Division, Mrs. Dick R. Lane; Chairman Surgical 
Dressings Division, Mrs. J. Reed Lane; Secretary Home Service Section, 
Mrs. George M. White. 

Greater Davenport Committee — F. B. Yetter. 

Rotary Club — Charles R. Henderson. 

Commercial Club — President, F. D. Throop; Secretary, J. C. Mc- 
Carthy. 

Tri-City Federation of Labor — James N. Coleman, E. R. McAdam. 

Arsenal Workers' Club — R. L. Cornick. 

Liberty Loan Organization — County Chairman, A. F. Dawson; City 
Chairman, E. P. Adler. 

War Savings Stamps Committee — Gustav Stueben. 

Exemption Boards — Judge Nathaniel French. 

United War Work Committee — Chairman, Joe R. Lane; Young Men's 
Christian Association, Ray Nyemaster; War Camp Community Service, 
William Padgett; Young Women's Christian Association, Miss Dotha S. 
Varker; Knights of Columbus, L. J. Dougherty; Jewish Relief, Isaac 
Petersberger; Salvation Army, George White; American Library Asso- 
ciation, Miss Grace Rose. 

Lend-a-Hand Club — Miss Jeannette McFarquhar. 

Woman's Club— Mrs. E. H. Hall. 

Ad Club — Joseph Deutsch. 

Boy Scouts— V. V. Allen. 

Home Guards — C. T. Kindt. 

Four Minute Men — John C. Higgins. 

City Chairman Ladies' Liberty Loan — Mrs. J. J. Dorgan. 

Soldiers' Mothers' Club — Mrs. J. A. Benson. 



Food Administration 



By Dick R. Laxe, County Administrator 



The organization of food administration for Scott county was per- 
fected shortly after our entrance into the war. State Food Adminis- 
trator J. A. Deems, of Burlington, appointed Sam T. White and Dick 
R. Lane administrators for Scott county. At that time Mr. White was 
chairman of the Scott County Council of National Defense, and Mr. 
Lane agreed to take complete charge of food administration. Later 
Mr. White took charge of the survey of the hog supply in Scott county, 
which was very important work, and his report was very complete. 

The work required a large amount of detail and personal investiga- 
tion. Many cases of violation of rules were reported but very few 
actual violations were discovered when a complete investigation was 
made. These investigations were carried out through the state secret 
service department. Taken all in all the people of Scott county obeyed 
the rules willingly and cheerfully, although at considerable persona] 
sacrifice. 

While we had many committees the most important was the Price 
Interpreting Committee. This committee held a meeting every Mon- 
day afternoon and fixed the maximum and minimum retail food prices 
for the ensuing week. Three retailers, three wholesalers, and three 
other citizens made up this committee — John A. Feeney, Vic Plath, 
Charles Behrens, Charles Duncan, Ed. Van Patten, Paul Lagomarcino, 
Mrs. D. N. Burrows, E. R. McAdam, George Dempsey — with the County 
Administrator as chairman. 

Regulations on sugar required the most work, keeping three clerks 
constantly engaged for several months when the big demand for sugar 
was on. 

There is no question but a great saving in food was made through 
the work of the Food Administration, but as yet actual figures have not 
been completed. No doubt in the near future the government will issue 
figures which will be very interesting. 

Outside of the clerical employes all work was done without pay or 
compensation of any kind, and at no time was any complaint made, but 
all of the organizations called upon willingly responded to all requests 
for assistance both night and day. 

Merchants of Iowa 

Food conservation work as it applied to the merchants of Iowa was 
under the direction of M. L. Parker, of Davenport, appointed by Food 
Administrator Deems, as merchant representative for the state. Mr. 
Parker had his deputies in the various counties and directed the move- 
ment that enlisted their hearty co-operation for the movement in all 
parts of the state. 

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The Scott County Honor Roll 

List of Soldiers, Sailors, and Nurses 
Who Died in the Service 



Furnished by County Auditor Jos. Wagner 



Agnew, Albert Louis No address. 

Aldrich, William 1030 23d st.', Rock Island, 111. 

Andrews, Chester No address. 

Bagley, M. F 115 1/3 E. 3d st., Davenport. 

Ball, William N 1803 Prairie st., Davenport. 

Barnes, Norris H (Not an Iowa boy) . 

Bsatty, Leon West Chester, Iowa. 

Berges, A. H 1710 Grand ave., Davenport. 

Bickel, Walter H Le Claire, Iowa. 

Blester, Henry Dixon, Iowa. 

Bird, Eugene 314 E. 7th st., Davenport. 

Blinder, Alex (Formerly of Davenport). 

Boitscha, Edward J 1424 W. 3d st., Davenport. 

Boiton, Elmer No address. 

Bolton, Erwin No address. 

Bredfeldt, William F 1912 Rockingham rd., Davenport. 

Bright, Louis H Dundee, 111. 

Brus, William J Blue Grass, Iowa, P. 0. Box 36. 

Burmeister, Miss Theresa. . . .No address. 

Buser, Alfred (Formerly of Davenport). 

Cantu, Peter E No address. 

Case, Lyman E 1318 Main st., Davenport. 

Chansky, Roy No address. 

Christian, Otis L 575 1/^ Jersey Ridge Road, Davenport. 

Christodcnton, Mancel S No address. 

Copp, Ira F 1527 Harrison st., Davenport. 

Crandall, Miss Marian Care St. Katherine's School, Davenport. 

Crane, Herman L. R No address. 

Donegan, Edward J 2800 Harrison st., Davenport. 

Druckmiller, G. R 1332 Marquette St., Davenport. 

Eberly, J. C No address. 

Fester, Harry C No address. 

Franz, Arthur C No address. 

Gellhaar, Albert R. R. No. 6, Davenport. 

Glynn, John M 220 Gaines st., Davenport. 

Goddard, Leon Ellsworth. .. .1018 Charlotte ave., Davenport. 

Grey, LeRoy H 2820 Carey ave., Davenport. 

Griffin, Harry N Dakota, 111. 

Hassman, Byron V Care Ed. Thero, Versailles, Mo. 

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144 HISTORY OF WAR ACTIVITIES 

Haut, Edward 1927% Bowditch st, Davenport. 

Hendrix, Clinton Clinton, Iowa 

Heyden, Gustav R. R. No. 2, Stockton, Iowa. 

Hobart, Ralph I R. R. No. 2, Lone Tree, Iowa. 

Hoepner, Walter R. R. No. 2, Walcott, Iowa. 

Humphrey, Oscar L Bettendcrf, Iowa. 

Hunt, Henry C 620 Taylor st., Davenport. 

Jacobsen, Carl Long Grove, Iowa. 

Johannsen, John R, R, No. 2, Davenport. 

Jones, Claud P No address. 

Jorgensen, Chris R. R. No. 2, Davenport. 

Juhler, Andrew No address. 

Kahl, Frank F 2019 Vine st., Davenport. 

Kahn, Leon F No address. 

Kane, Miss Catherine Emmetsburg, Iowa. 

Kauffman, Daniel F 2720 Fair ave., Davenport. 

King, George No address. 

Kluever, Walter Dixon, Iowa. 

Kollen, Joe No address. 

Kundert, Fred 1904 W. 2d St., Davenport (missing in 

action). 

LaCroix, George 3810 Lafayette ave.,' St. Louis, Mo. 

Liedtke, Clarence E No address. 

Lillyblad, Russell No address. 

Linehan, Walter No address. 

Liston, Alfred P Caliente, Nev. 

Lonn, Nick No address. 

Lucas, Emanuel 903 W. 2d st., Davenport (missing). 

McFadden, Melvin C .1224 Harrison st., Davenport. 

McManus, Eugene De Witt, Iowa. 

Mahoney, Joseph No address. 

Malloy, Charles Clarence 717 W. 3d st, Davenport. 

Malone, James J 1230 W. 7th st., Davenport. 

Markus, Raymond 117 E. 6th st., Davenport. 

Milem, John F Bettendorf, Iowa. 

Moeller, Daniel Maquoketa, Iowa. 

Molyneaux, John J 723 Henry st., Davenport. 

Nlgg, F. C 1104 Colorado st., Davenport. 

Nigg, William 1104 Colorado st., Davenport. 

Norman, Harvey C 1132 Scott st., Davenport. 

Nyberg, Edward Long Grove, Iowa. 

O'Connor, Leo S 2930 Fair ave., Davenport. 

Ohms, Arthur No address. 

Osterreicher, Leonard F No address. 

Parrish, Frank 1308 W. 2d St., Davenport. 

Petersen, Walter 1722 Division st., Davenport. 

Peterson, Leroy W 501i/^ Marquette st., Davenport. 

Phillips, Bertram F 745 E. 6th st, Davenport 

Pickens, Clyde E ^. . . .No address. 

Pierson, Warren Princeton, Iowa. 



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Ploog, Herman 305 W. 16th st., Davenport. 

Preslick, E. J 1009 Charlotte ave., Davenport. 

Pulse. George No address. 

Putnam, Israel No address. 

Rehder, William H 913 Warren st., Davenport. 

Reiter, Raymond J Le Claire, Iowa. 

Rochau, H. F Blue Grass, Iowa. 

Roederer, Anthony F 910 W. 14th st., Davenport. 

Schmidt, Eddie R. R. No. 3, Davenport. 

Schriefer, William N R. R. No. 1, Davenport. 

Schultz, Herman 8th and Ripley sts., Davenport. 

Schultz, Hugo D No address. 

Seybert, Frank No address. 

Sheehan, Richard Bethel 15091/1) Harrison st., Davenport. 

Shorey, Gilbert R. R. No. 1, Bettendorf, Iowa. 

Skelly, Wayne M 7441/2 E. 15th st., Davenport. 

Spiers, G. H No address. 

Stein, William 2200 Division st., Davenport. 

Steinbeck, Charles B Dixon, Iowa. 

Strieby, George 17 Courtland Apts., Davenport. 

Stringham, L. B Le Claire, Iowa. 

Sutherland, Ben No address. 

Swindler, Chester 823 Brown st., Davenport. 

Swiney, John Daniel 1300 Ripley st., Davenport. 

Terney, Mike R. R. No. 3, Davenport. 

Thompson, Ray .Princeton, Iowa. 

Tiedje, George Long Grove, Iowa. 

Tiernan, James No address. 

Troutman. H. V No address. 

Turner, James 1023 Ripley st., Davenport. 

Volquardsen. Ralph H 730 W. Locust st.. Davenport. 

Waldvogle, Earl Eugene 427 E. 14th st., Davenport. 

Walker, Lloyd N No address. 

Wallraf, Albert R No address. 

Weiman, Miss Elizabeth No address. 

Wendt, Leo Harold 1026 1/0 W. 3d st., Davenport. 

Wenks, Floyd F No address. 

Whisler, Joseph Emory 616 Taylor st., Davenport. 

W^hite, Horace E No address. 

Winkler, Miss Mary 2128 Timea st., Keokuk, Iowa. 

Woodard, Warren C No address. 

Wulf, William E 2127 Scott St., Davenport. 

Zost, Alex. John 204 S. Pine st., Davenport. 



